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One thing about getting something like a Haskell job that's rarely mentioned is it seems like it's very much an all-or-nothing proposition. Casual or intermedia
by henning 18y ago
One thing about getting something like a Haskell job that's rarely mentioned is it seems like it's very much an all-or-nothing proposition. Casual or intermediate dabblers who like learning new things like Haskell but aren't total wizards get no points.
A lot of the investment bank openings for functional programmers want someone who's doing a PhD in programming languages, from what I've seen, for example.
- madmanslitany 18y agoThat's not necessarily true; for things like designing proprietary languages themselves optimized for financial risk modeling, yes, you better have a CS Phd. But it's definitely not the case that everyone who touches functional programming on Wall Street has a Phd, and if you interview with the right group within an investment bank, the technical interviewer might very well be impressed with your Haskell experience, especially if you're going to be working closely with quants (provided he knows what it is; there's a really massive range in CS know-how within investment banks, but that's another story)