Invisible wrote:
> Hmm. Interesting. The careers advisor I was speaking to when Phil posted 
> this actually suggested that I look at "financial abstraction" as a 
> potential target area. He said that large financial companies often 
> employ people for developing complex financial models, and although it's 
> not "programming" as such, it involves those kinds of skills.
> 
> But then, this same guy also suggested I look into programming computer 
> games - especially since those jobs aren't all in London.

Don't dismiss his comment. I don't know if I ever told you this, but 
about 4-5 months ago I was talking to someone interviewing at financial 
firms (he's an engineer), and they told him they were really interested 
in people who knew Haskell (my friend had never heard of it).

And some of those folks at those companies actually do quite a bit of 
programming when developing those models.

And a number of those who hire for that purpose don't care if you know 
anything about finance or stochastic calculus or whatever. You'll learn 
on the job or they'll throw some books at you. That was the case two 
years ago - they may be a bit more picky now because of the economy.

Seriously, in the last 6 years or so, I've seen many people get hired 
for this purpose. None was a trained programmer, all were either 
engineers or physicists. Some didn't know a thing about finance. They 
just are looking for bright people.

-- 
This shepherd asks his dog to please go and round up the sheep and see 
how many there are...
The dog obediently rounds up the sheep and tells the boss, "there are 40 
sheep out there."
The shepherd says, "Are you sure?  I thought there were only 37"
The dog sheepishly says, "But I rounded them up."


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