#CareerAdvice #Programming #CommunicationSkills
Hey everyone! 👋 I came across this interesting dilemma and thought I’d share it with you all. So, what job do you think would be a good fit for someone who loves programming but also enjoys talking and connecting with people? Here are some thoughts:
– Climbing up the ladder in investment risk to incorporate more talking into your role 🗣️
– Becoming a technical sales/implementation expert for companies like Bloomberg or FactSet, selling quant products 💼
Do you have any other ideas or suggestions? I’d love to hear your thoughts! Let’s brainstorm together and help out our fellow programmer with great communication skills. 🤔💬 #Brainstorming #JobRecommendations #CareerGrowth
QIS sales in Global Markets
Quant hedge fund sales….?
Tech sales, you can easily make a fortune there, many sales people don’t understand the technique things well while many programmers don’t know how to deliver the points to customers particularly if in pitching phase, you are the professional who can get the two thing done.
Consider leveraging your quant skills and communication abilities in a solutions consulting or sales engineering role in the financial industry, or explore product management in the fintech sector.
Solutions architect/sales engineer
Business and tech often can’t talk to each other. So being the person who translates business needs to tech, and then translates tech possibilities and limitations back to business can be invaluable.
Your math skills are probably good enough. Its rare that your doing pen and paper math. Theres a lot of places where its more about regression, time series and statistics. Communication becomes very important as you move more senior. AT some point you decide whether or not to become the manager of people and then your job becomes presenting in meetings.
I’ll toss Product Management into the ring. There are PM jobs for all sorts of financial products that help translate business needs to tech problems. Everything from front end stuff like the usability of a bank’s mobile app to back end stuff like tools bankers use to analyze portfolios and dashboards.
Product salaries are pretty respectable and have a lot of transferrable skills – and if you’re good at talking and making friends, you’ll fit right in.
Given your mix of programming skills and love for talking, you might enjoy roles like technical sales or a solutions architect. These jobs let you use your tech knowledge while communicating with clients. Product management or customer success in tech could also be great fits. Look for companies with a good work-life balance and positive culture to match your values.
Too much talking would get you in alot of trouble, learn to control yourself, what you think is your greatest strength would eventually become your greatest weakness.