Why Software Engineers work in Banks but not in Tech Companies ?

As in a top Investment bank?

1. High salary. This one is so obvious.
2. They hire only the best and the brightest. With a high GPA. Because a single bug can be mission critical for them. Cripple them. Even lead to bankruptcy. Think Knight.
3. The work is challenging. They need to work on huge amounts of data, mobile apps, web security, data mining, high performance systems and even machine learning.
4. The work culture is good. My friend over at DE Shaw had only praises for the company.
5. The appraisals and bonuses increase exponentially after two years.
6. The employee training programs are rigorous. You are bound to learn a lot. Expect yourselves to get good with problem solving.
7. You need to put in a lot more time. That’s true. But many of them might have no trouble with it. Especially the millennials.

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