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Re:Ask HN: Starting a career as a programmer in my mid-40s by joelbluminator on Sunday November 07, 2021 @04:29PM (#29143682)
That's not always true. In a job board try playing with keyword combinations like Python + Financial Analyst/investment/trader etc etc. You'll see them. I was once thinking of doing the transition the other way around (from software development to market/financial analysis) so I know the jobs are there. Also - use your network and talk to your colleagues - someone must know someone who works in finance but does some/a lot of programming.

Here are some examples from a quick glance: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2762895590/?alternateChan...

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2786689624/?eBP=JOB_SEARC...

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Re:Ask HN: Starting a career as a programmer in my mid-40s by specproc on Monday November 08, 2021 @03:33AM (#29147202)
Agreed. I found my job by just searching for 'python' on a board for my sector.

The only reason I've been able to move into a coding job is because I have very deep domain knowledge in a pretty niche area and a bunch of other 'added value' that makes up for my relative lack of experience with any particular stack.

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