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TBH I would recommend not doing any textbook learning. This aplies to most enterprises, not just finance, but your 'domain expertise' comes from work experience
by dmmalam 13y ago
TBH I would recommend not doing any textbook learning. This aplies to most enterprises, not just finance, but your 'domain expertise' comes from work experience in that domain. Hence the obvious chicken/egg problems, so the best way to crack it is to hustle your way into getting ANY contract in that domain. You may have to exaggerate, do 'boring' work, undercut, whatever, but once you got 1 contract under your belt, then you can position yourself for the more desirable ones.
I have to ask if actually want to work in finance, or just want more money. If it's the latter, then all you may need to do is sell yourself better (see my other comment); the rates in finance are not what they used to be, and unless it's a highly specialised skill, pretty much most enterprises pay the same range for similar roles.
If you actually want to work in a deep speciality in finance (which also are the most interesting roles), then get a contact close to that target, and then hustle your way in. In both cases you still need to sell yourself.
Also, if your not in a major financial center, then move.
- dmmalam 13y agoForgot to mention that the specialised learning will naturally happen on the job, when your speaking daily with the experts. Though a bit of wikipedia learning can't do you wrong just to talk around the subject.
- jacques_chester 13y agoTextbooks are not mutually exclusive with learning from experts.
- X4 13y agoI'll hunt those textbooks and try to find it, but "domain expert in finance" sounds cryptic. What's the actual job title for the $400+/h job? Oh, I once got an invite by McKinsey, but I declined the job offer. I believed that they won't support me learning more skills and that I can earn more as Software-Engineer. I don't know I was wrong now. A quant is a Sofware-Engineer who knows a lot about "Finance". http://quantstart.com/articles/Self-Study-Plan-for-Becoming-a-Quantitative-Developer http://quantstart.com/articles/Self-Study-Plan-for-Becoming-... I first heard it here on HN that one can earn $400+/h with a legal job! And I'm deeply deeply impressed by that. I thought that only the dark-side (botnets/silkroad) allows one to reach or even top that amount.
- jacques_chester 13y ago> I first heard it here on HN that one can earn $400+/h with a legal job! You can bill $400. Large firms bill even more. Lawyers have fat overheads, though. Nice office, staff, subscriptions to law publishing services, travel and so on. Plus the big firms pound their fresh staff into the dirt. Bill, bill, bill or get fired. It's not a healthy profession.