If you're a strong technologist, ideally with some reverse engineering experience, and you befriend a bank CTO, you will probably be offered a job that is part

If you're a strong technologist, ideally with some reverse engineering experience, and you befriend a bank CTO, you will probably be offered a job that is part this and part saving projects that are trying their best to jump off a series of cliffs. Just make sure to set it up as a consulting gig and never, ever, work for a bank.