I am a college freshman studying finance (of course I know a high gpa, modeling/valuation, and networking skills are very important) what other things will be required of me with the tech disruptions in the finance industry?
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Learning what is important faster. As more and more information becomes available learning to craft opinions around key data points is going to be a skill many struggle with.
How to code
No...investment bankers are not going to be required to code. Buy existing software for what you need to do or hire a "data analyst" to do that boring stuff.
OP should focus on building personal relationships, understanding interconnections between economics/ industries and business, talking to people, being meaningful, sounding intelligent, seeing the big picture and organizing complex topics into concise explanations.
If you are really worried about tech disruption in finance, see the big picture of the transformation and find a way to be part of it.
Will this apply to even the most junior ib analysts?
RTBSUMGG!
How to apply AI, either through existing means or from scratch. This works hand in hand with the "information" bit above, but more specifically how organizational systems will look like in the future. The entire area of research will change, there will be new KPIs, and the technicalities of how we work will be different.
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