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If you're in your late 20s and coding is all you've ever done, be afraid. Domain knowledge is where it's at. I am in a similar situation to the OP having start
by vegabook 11y ago
If you're in your late 20s and coding is all you've ever done, be afraid. Domain knowledge is where it's at.
I am in a similar situation to the OP having started off with a ZX Spectrum, did CS, coded, but in my late 20s I was tempted into fixed income finance, and did that for 15 years at the highest level (unrelated to coding - I was a strategist and trader). Then in my late 30s I picked up Python, then R, and now know both really well (plus C and a bit of JS, Ocaml). What I find in my interactions is that the whizz-bang programmer guys, who are better than me at coding (though not by much - I picked up again pretty fast), are completely useless at mapping their skills to the finance domain, while my knowledge of both fields is where my value lies. I would strongly suggest to programmers that they ensure they know a non-CS domain too, preferably a niche one (we're such a big world now), and know it well - practise it as a primary activity for a few years. Climb the learning curve again even if it's hard at first. It is in the nexus between CS and other domains that opportunities are still plentiful.
- gagbba 11y agoI have been interested in doing a similar thing for some time now. Can you drop me an e-mail if you could give me an insight into a couple of things I've been wondering about?