If anyone's wondering what it's like to work as a programmer for a wall street firm, check out the book 'So You Want to be a Wall Street Programmer' by Andrey Butov. Very informative and insightful book about the field.
I work for a small options-market making firm, and I love what I do and the people I work with. I get the impression I'm very lucky to be in that position - most programmers working in finance work like serfs and make nothing compared to the traders who use the software the programmers make.
Here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/You-Want-Wall-Street-Programmer/dp/184...
I work for a small options-market making firm, and I love what I do and the people I work with. I get the impression I'm very lucky to be in that position - most programmers working in finance work like serfs and make nothing compared to the traders who use the software the programmers make.