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Re:Ask HN: I've been slacking off at Google for 6 years. How... by cryptica on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:25PM (#21972910)
>> Regarding finance specifically, the industry has its quirks so they like to get people who worked in finance before

I had almost 8 years of experience as a software developer at the time and I did have some experience in the finance sector (but a small startup). My resume looks pretty great, one of my open source projects is quite popular (over 5K stars on GitHub) yet I did not even get asked to an interview.

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Re:Ask HN: I've been slacking off at Google for 6 years. How... by badpun on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @04:41AM (#21978429)
I haven't worked in finance startups, but big finance is extremely heavy on processes, bureaucracy and security (accomplished via processes and bureaucracy). That's why they like people who worked in big finance before and didn't quit soon after joining (as some do) - it proves that you can deal with this frustrating environment.
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