the title says it all. what can a 45yr old Excel VBA programmer do in finance? In particular, if he doesn't want to be a VBA programmer anymore? went to a non-target state school 20 years ago...3.3 GPA
worked in IT at a few BBs 8-15 years ago
Willing to do the random tech project here and there....but looking for more satisfying (and profitable) career options outside VBA.
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Why focus on finance? Learning to code isn’t that hard or much different from VBA. I mean it is, but the basic principles are more or less the same. You should be able to pick up a few languages relatively easy for free. Why not go into that industry? It’s a lot more forgiving than IB/ finance in general. You’ll find a bit of age bias in some companies (Snap, Uber, FB) but Google (which is like the pinnacle) and LinkedIn are known for being accepting of late career changers.
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