How do you get a high paying job programming in finance?
- by q303
Hi,
I'm interested in eventually programming for a financial company. Unfortunately, I have a degree in linguistics with a minor in CS along with 4 years experience in .NET. I picked .NET because I thought that it would be more used in the financial world.
I've heard some horror stories about badly done VBA Excel programming and being way underpaid...but then I've heard great stories about highly skilled C++ programming along with high pay (including some feedback to previous questions).
I just get the impression that unless you have a MS in CS from a top 10/20 school, it might not be realistic.
For those of you doing programming for bankers/traders, how did you break in?