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Hi there, I’d say apply to a couple of roles and calibrate as necessary. I relate to the feeling of not being “good enough” but TBH in the current market condit
by _benj 4y ago
Hi there, I’d say apply to a couple of roles and calibrate as necessary. I relate to the feeling of not being “good enough” but TBH in the current market condition if you are able to either implement new features, find bugs or build new projects from the ground up, you are most certainly employable.
I’m currently working with a friend who is transitioning from retail investing to software development and the bar for an entry-level role is quite attainable.
Your quant experience could also land you in specialized software dev roles that might have to do with finance or data analysis if that calls your attention.
As for the tech that you mentioned (Python, Flask, Django), roles using those things are alive and well but feel free to explore other languages frameworks to sort out what type of role you might like more (i.e. flask is usually backend while plotly is frontend). Nowadays at least some passing familiarity with JS is useful because of how it everywhere.
Take a look at the threads like “who’s hiring” but see if you can leverage network connections to talk with people instead of sending a hundred copies of your resume everywhere.
Do feel free to reach out (email on profile) if you’d like to chat further and good luck!