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I guess analytical skills, math probably, but these are pretty general. What unique skills are you thinking about?

• rifung 11y ago
  I don't have the slightest idea since I don't work there. I was more wondering if there was anything I would need to know before applying specific to the industry or if it's just like any other software engineering job.
  • SEJeff 11y ago
    Math... and a lot of it. Look up job descriptions for a Quantitative Developer or Quantitative Analyst.
  • macavity23 11y ago
    To succeed in financial dev you need to be comfortable working in a heavyweight, slow large-corporate environment. Think lots of meetings, lots of time estimation & metrics, using Java, C# or C++ (shudder), people caring what you wear. If you can deal with this, the rewards are great. If you can't, it's hell. There are finance startups where the above doesn't apply, but they don't pay like the banks do.
    • infinite8s 11y ago
      What you describe in the first paragraph aren't roles that pay 400k...