> [...] if you're a programmer and you love what you do, and you're good enough to be choosy, don't work for anyone (especially banks!) whose main job is not so

> [...] if you're a programmer and you love what you do, and you're good enough to be choosy, don't work for anyone (especially banks!) whose main job is not software. I cannot agree enough with this. I know it's anecdotal, but I've had more than ten jobs in my career so far and the only exception to what you're saying was an initiative by a highly technical and visionary director (later VP), which was scrapped as soon as he left the company. The point I'm trying to make is that it sure is possible to have a really fun and challenging job as a programmer in a non-software company, but it's a stroke of luck you should never, ever rely on and it won't last. At least, that's according to my experience so far.