Great story! I'm a college student and hearing about your experiences is very helpful! It's funny how I first stumbled across your channel from your Cherry vs Gateron switches.
This was really helpful I’m currently an accounting, finance and business analytics concenetration undergrad who’s been pivoting towards the investment banking route during my freshman year. But overtime, I realised that that’s not the career trajectory I want for myself in the long run. I’m intending to pivot towards the tech industry and have been considering to pursue a masters in IT backgrounds so that I could venture into the fin-tech industry in the near future, but I’ve been wondering how can I get internship roles at tech companies to boost my cv Thank you for reinforcing this great insight :)
Hey, how is that working for you so far? Because I’m on the exact same boat here and I’m trying to figure out how to start that transition and to see if it’s even worth it
Hey Shirley! Very nice video and I think it explains what you’re trying to convey really well. So, had what might be an interesting counter intuitive question. What do you think about a pivot for a software engineer to start working on finance products exclusively. It’s the direction you took but In reverse. Thanks ! Ps : this is something I’m considering lol .
Hi Shirley just stumbled across your video! I graduated two years ago in Economics and have been in and out of finance jobs over the last two years constantly jumping from one mid-office job to another from brokerage to fund. Unfortunately I’ve not been able to break through into the front office and become increasingly uninterested in finance. I recently quit to trade equities and commodities but have found myself intrigued by the world of tech, I’ve started learning JavaScript and have fallen in love with it! Do you think I would have to take a course or qualification in JavaScript or Computer science before applying for a job in the industry or can I simply build my skills at home and is that enough?
Hi! I know - breaking into front office is often times the end goal of finance, but also super stressful and not for everyone. I personally know software engineers who got jobs at tech companies through boot camps, which can be just a couple months. Yes, I think you can build your skills at home, but it comes down to making your resume stand out. What kind of interesting experience/project you have that show your passion for technology? It can be a small coding project you build at home. It depends on what kind of role you're looking for in tech, since there is everything from Product Manager, Product Marketing Manager, Marketing to Software Engineering roles. I think you probably have honed enough soft skills (communication, time/stakeholder management) to succeed in a PM role with a bit of practice on the approximation/estimation/product design questions to gain user empathy. It's down to practicing solving coding questions and having some interesting side projects. Good luck and let me know if there's a specific topic you'd like me to cover that would help :)
@@shirleylane1057 Thanks for the informative response! I have worked in the middle office and spent time constructing my own equity and commodity portfolio, I've enjoyed playing a java coded mmorpg game and would love to construct some scripts for it. And perhaps over the long-term I could construct a script to automate trades, sounds very far from now but maybe something like this could land me a job within fintech. How long do you think it would take to learn say JavaScript from 0 to an employable level? Thank you
That sounds like a very interesting project! Also, JavaScript is a very useful programing language, so I think you're on the right track. As for timing, I think it's whenever you feel comfortable applying and how much time you're able to dedicate to studying. I personally have not used JavaScript so I'm not sure the time it would take to get to an employable level. But I've also heard that fintech interviews are among the harder ones in tech.
What are you thoughts of going into Tech (software engineers or even business analyst) with an MIS degree? I'm currently interning at L3Harris, a military tech company, as an HR analysis, so I'm wondering if that would help with getting into a tech as a future finance/MIS major.
With all due respect. You never worked in Finance. A low level summer internship, is not the same as working in the finance industry. I internet at at hospital during college, that didn’t make me a doctor. I don’t tell people I used to work in the medical industry. It’s misleading
Maths grad here looking to transition from financial analysis to something else… I feel like tech would be a good fit.
Interesting video 👏 thank you
Great story! I'm a college student and hearing about your experiences is very helpful! It's funny how I first stumbled across your channel from your Cherry vs Gateron switches.
I’m glad!! It was definitely a journey learning what I didn’t want to do through the internships!
This was really helpful
I’m currently an accounting, finance and business analytics concenetration undergrad who’s been pivoting towards the investment banking route during my freshman year. But overtime, I realised that that’s not the career trajectory I want for myself in the long run. I’m intending to pivot towards the tech industry and have been considering to pursue a masters in IT backgrounds so that I could venture into the fin-tech industry in the near future, but I’ve been wondering how can I get internship roles at tech companies to boost my cv
Thank you for reinforcing this great insight :)
Hey, how is that working for you so far? Because I’m on the exact same boat here and I’m trying to figure out how to start that transition and to see if it’s even worth it
Wow your story is so helpful and insightful. Thank you
Hey Shirley! Very nice video and I think it explains what you’re trying to convey really well. So, had what might be an interesting counter intuitive question. What do you think about a pivot for a software engineer to start working on finance products exclusively. It’s the direction you took but In reverse. Thanks !
Ps : this is something I’m considering lol .
Hi Shirley just stumbled across your video! I graduated two years ago in Economics and have been in and out of finance jobs over the last two years constantly jumping from one mid-office job to another from brokerage to fund. Unfortunately I’ve not been able to break through into the front office and become increasingly uninterested in finance. I recently quit to trade equities and commodities but have found myself intrigued by the world of tech, I’ve started learning JavaScript and have fallen in love with it! Do you think I would have to take a course or qualification in JavaScript or Computer science before applying for a job in the industry or can I simply build my skills at home and is that enough?
Hi! I know - breaking into front office is often times the end goal of finance, but also super stressful and not for everyone. I personally know software engineers who got jobs at tech companies through boot camps, which can be just a couple months. Yes, I think you can build your skills at home, but it comes down to making your resume stand out. What kind of interesting experience/project you have that show your passion for technology? It can be a small coding project you build at home.
It depends on what kind of role you're looking for in tech, since there is everything from Product Manager, Product Marketing Manager, Marketing to Software Engineering roles. I think you probably have honed enough soft skills (communication, time/stakeholder management) to succeed in a PM role with a bit of practice on the approximation/estimation/product design questions to gain user empathy. It's down to practicing solving coding questions and having some interesting side projects. Good luck and let me know if there's a specific topic you'd like me to cover that would help :)
@@shirleylane1057 Thanks for the informative response! I have worked in the middle office and spent time constructing my own equity and commodity portfolio, I've enjoyed playing a java coded mmorpg game and would love to construct some scripts for it. And perhaps over the long-term I could construct a script to automate trades, sounds very far from now but maybe something like this could land me a job within fintech. How long do you think it would take to learn say JavaScript from 0 to an employable level? Thank you
That sounds like a very interesting project! Also, JavaScript is a very useful programing language, so I think you're on the right track. As for timing, I think it's whenever you feel comfortable applying and how much time you're able to dedicate to studying. I personally have not used JavaScript so I'm not sure the time it would take to get to an employable level. But I've also heard that fintech interviews are among the harder ones in tech.
What are you thoughts of going into Tech (software engineers or even business analyst) with an MIS degree? I'm currently interning at L3Harris, a military tech company, as an HR analysis, so I'm wondering if that would help with getting into a tech as a future finance/MIS major.
Pretty tech girl. Love your videos:)
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With all due respect. You never worked in Finance. A low level summer internship, is not the same as working in the finance industry. I internet at at hospital during college, that didn’t make me a doctor. I don’t tell people I used to work in the medical industry. It’s misleading