Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job

Re:Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job by rdtsc on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @02:31AM (#5749232)

For CS graduates from some big name colleges that go to work on Wall Street or other "finance" it is:

   1. Master algorithms
   2. Get a job at <...X...> & Co.
   3. Use Excel all day everyday
   4. Get rich.

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Re:Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job by taude on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @10:24AM (#5751013)

I interviewed at 7 investment banks on Wall Street after college. Never took any of the jobs, however, I had friends who worked on Excel spreadsheets that managed 100s millions in capital. This always amazed me.

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Re:Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job by rdtsc on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @11:28AM (#5751480)

They just want smart people in general. CS or not doesn't matter. It still baffles me that they ask algorithms and CS questions then sit in you front to Excel.

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