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This kind of horrible lifestyle is well-known to everyone applying for a job on Wall Street. Nevertheless, people still apply, and not out of desperation -- all
by qq66 13y ago
This kind of horrible lifestyle is well-known to everyone applying for a job on Wall Street. Nevertheless, people still apply, and not out of desperation -- all of the successful applicants could get great jobs elsewhere.
There's no deceit here -- the investment banks clearly articulate what the lifestyle will be like, and people sign up for the pay. I know, I did an internship at Lehman Brothers and saw it firsthand -- people staying till 3am just to impress. I managed to keep my weekly hours under 40 by automating my job in Visual Basic, and then decided I wanted to make productivity tools for the general market instead of in-house.
- Nicholas_C 13y agoI'm curious which processes you automated in VBA? I'm currently an analyst in an FP&A role. I use VB for a lot of things but I'm not sure I could automate that much of my job. I do a lot of smaller tasks, taking the time to write a macro for each one just doesn't seem to add value. Especially when processes change frequently. Perhaps IB is more suited for VBA automation.
- qq66 13y agoIt was pulling in coupon payment data from Bloomberg for an array of securities (by CUSIP number) and aggregating them to create a payment schedule for the combined portfolio.