For the People Leaving Finance for Tech
How much do you actually "know"? I'm not trying to kick-off Wrestlemania here - just trying to assess the situation.
Are we talking about monetizing blogs, developing apps, retail startups... or is it more like: you have a good idea, you raised/supplied capital for tech companies, you boozed with some employees, and now itz like One Team, One Dream?
Do you come from Computer Science backgrounds? You taking those free programming courses through Stanford?
Those WInklevoss clips have made the barriers to entry seem really low.... ride around in daddy's SUV, row row row your boat, and pretend your life is a never-ending GAP commercial. Ipso facto
Lemme know folks. I want to jump on the WSO Party Bus to the West Coast too..
Hoes in San Franciscoooooo
They got good Food Trucks there too
I like his style.
yo op, i'm glad u enjoyin that weed i sold u, good shit right?
finance to tech trend (Originally Posted: 03/02/2014)
I'm a first year analyst at a BB in IB and I've seen a recent trend of people moving into tech especially to startups to take 50k year job (half of what they are currently earning). Has anyone else seen this trend?
Check out Leveraged Sellout's post from a couple of weeks ago, "The Book of Graham".
what is the overall effect on the industry? does this really mark the end of the finance industry as talent moves to tech and will this trend continue?
Talent pools for the two careers are fairly different.
Banking -> Tech (Originally Posted: 12/27/2011)
first year at a BB, hate it, cannot stand anything I do. I want to switch to something in tech, preferably at a tech firm. I majored in finance so have no real tech credentials but I used to be a very good programmer (fluent in Python, VBA, C++).
What's the best way to approach this?
Send out your resume after 18 months on the job. Stick it out for 2 years.
How'bout the business side of a tech company. No need to reeducate yourself and become a programmer.
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