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Hi,
I would like your opinion on possible path path for me to be a financial developer. As you can see below, my profile is primarily that of a Java Developer.
I am currently based in Germany. I did my Bachelor in Engineering in Computer Science in India. My grades were no so great either (c.a 69%), which is First Division.
Then I moved to Germany to do my Master degree in Computer Science. My Master degree was quite rigorous (although it is supposed to be 2 years, but nobody can finish it 2 years). It involved doing a Project group for 1 year (20 hours/week). The programming language of choice was Java. I did couple of student jobs during my Masters. One at the Software Lab in the University as a Web Developer (9,5 hours/week). It was primarily a front end development job (JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, RDFXML, JSON etc). Then I did another student job as Java Developer and Tester at a company (20 hours/week). The programming language used was Java, and frameworks such as Apache CLI, Ant, JUnit, JUnitx, Mockito etc. I also wrote my Master Thesis on privacy protection of smart meters. Then I learned Backend Java frameworks such as Spring MVC, worked on Tomcat, MySQL, JSP, JSTL on my own developing a small web application.
I recently graduated with a 1,8 in my Masters (getting a 1 in Germany unlike in US is almost impossible). Right now I found myself a job as a Junior Java Developer at a company in Munich. The job profile involves using Spring, Hibernate, ZV, Hybris, etc.
Now assuming I work here for a couple of years, is it possible for me to find a position as a developer in the finance industry? Or do I need to know C++ for a developer role. I would like to either work in US or in Germany (Frankfurt). The MFE degree seems to entail a significant financial load (I wish US education system was like German education system :P). So I want to know whether I can enter finance industry without breaking my bank account.
I would like your opinion on possible path path for me to be a financial developer. As you can see below, my profile is primarily that of a Java Developer.
I am currently based in Germany. I did my Bachelor in Engineering in Computer Science in India. My grades were no so great either (c.a 69%), which is First Division.
Then I moved to Germany to do my Master degree in Computer Science. My Master degree was quite rigorous (although it is supposed to be 2 years, but nobody can finish it 2 years). It involved doing a Project group for 1 year (20 hours/week). The programming language of choice was Java. I did couple of student jobs during my Masters. One at the Software Lab in the University as a Web Developer (9,5 hours/week). It was primarily a front end development job (JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, RDFXML, JSON etc). Then I did another student job as Java Developer and Tester at a company (20 hours/week). The programming language used was Java, and frameworks such as Apache CLI, Ant, JUnit, JUnitx, Mockito etc. I also wrote my Master Thesis on privacy protection of smart meters. Then I learned Backend Java frameworks such as Spring MVC, worked on Tomcat, MySQL, JSP, JSTL on my own developing a small web application.
I recently graduated with a 1,8 in my Masters (getting a 1 in Germany unlike in US is almost impossible). Right now I found myself a job as a Junior Java Developer at a company in Munich. The job profile involves using Spring, Hibernate, ZV, Hybris, etc.
Now assuming I work here for a couple of years, is it possible for me to find a position as a developer in the finance industry? Or do I need to know C++ for a developer role. I would like to either work in US or in Germany (Frankfurt). The MFE degree seems to entail a significant financial load (I wish US education system was like German education system :P). So I want to know whether I can enter finance industry without breaking my bank account.