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As far as programming language I'd recommend KDB/Q as it's one of the few you can just self learn, prove it in an interview call for 15-20 min, and then start Monday. Pay is good and KDB devs are rare.

You work as what we call a 'data monkey' for some economist or trader who can't work computers, thinks a linear fit is the state of the art, would jack off over an R² of >0.05, wants you to spend all your time automating p-hacking, and is almost certainly a sociopath or sex offender.