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Re:Ask HN: What are Wall Street programmers up to? on Monday April 06, 2009 @11:38PM (#550264)
By the way, I should admit that I created this alternate account (with deliberate symbolism if you catch it) just to post this--banks are notoriously image-conscious employers at times, and I've heard some nasty stories about what happens to people who don't maintain their anonymity.

Ask HN: What are Wall Street programmers up to?

I'm presently employed as a programmer analyst at a Wall Street bank. Probably the "best" one--take the quotes as you will.My question is this; does anyone have anything to share in terms of experiences working through the recession as a computer scientist, software developer, programmer, etc. on Wall Street? For those who are seeking to leave, or who have recently done so (or even not so...

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