Comment Help desk launched my career... (Score 1) 206
I started on the help desk for a financial software company. It took me a little less than a year to get poached by a hedge fund I dealt with every day. Now I'm sitting on a trading floor gaining loads of experience not related to computers at all. Basically, I've shifted gears and am on track for a trader oriented role.
Granted, I spent a lot of time doing quantitative work with clients to back up the software, but I basically answered phones all day (in jeans and a t-shirt, how I miss that).
For a niche skill set, with great people skills, you can definitely get yourself in the backdoor of some firms. You're greatest ally is the boutique firm with no huge IT infrastructure.
Granted, I spent a lot of time doing quantitative work with clients to back up the software, but I basically answered phones all day (in jeans and a t-shirt, how I miss that).
For a niche skill set, with great people skills, you can definitely get yourself in the backdoor of some firms. You're greatest ally is the boutique firm with no huge IT infrastructure.
