I worked a year for a bank and will never do it again. It was very hard to get anything done as a tech person and outsider because every system required new per

I worked a year for a bank and will never do it again. It was very hard to get anything done as a tech person and outsider because every system required new permissions that were usually only granted after a long period of waiting and interference by management. Hardly anything was expected of me beyond showing up in the morning. I also realized that many of the old-timers did not do much at all. Banks are seen as the epitome of capitalism but they have just as much in common with Soviet organizations as with market institutions at this point. They are in effect junior partners of the government. The weight of the regulations keep outsiders out and shield them from competition. All they have to do is keep the politicians happy and rake in the dough.