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Wall Street "Programmer" Jobs

Jim

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There are a lot of job postings on Indeed/Dice soliciting applicants for programmer jobs at hedge funds, banks, etc. I can see these jobs as an excellent opportunity for a person to network his way into finance.

-Do you think that these generic developer jobs require just as much pedigree as a lot of the quants are expected to have?

-How much need is there for generic C++/Java/and or .NET at quant finance settings?

-After brushing up on my programming skills (about three more years of programming and or management), what's the best way to network my way into these jobs? Should I be using Pathak's approach to networking by attending financial engineering conferences too??

-Are generic developers also subject to the "cut-throat" culture of Wall Street? Or are they sort of the quiet types that simply create and support the platforms that the macho quants use to run their models?

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There are a lot of job postings on Indeed/Dice soliciting applicants for programmer jobs at hedge funds, banks, etc. I can see these jobs as an excellent opportunity for a person to network his way into finance.

As I understand it, a lot of these postings are phantom postings.. the jobs don't exist or are already filled
 
As I understand it, a lot of these postings are phantom postings.. the jobs don't exist or are already filled

Eh... I guess a lot of these postings might also be from head hunters that want to have a supply of good programmers to offer their clients. So I guess this means that living within the vicinity of the Street is all the more important to get these jobs? I don't see any other way but to network my way in.

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Are these generic programming jobs something a lot of MFE graduates end up pursuing?
 
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