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As someone that used to work in tech for a large bank, but have since left, I’m curious what her skill set is that would prevent her from jumping ship to somewhere that is not a large bank?

If I had to make a random guess, is it something related to Athena?

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On first reading, my immediate though was - the money

But investment banks, including JPM, don’t exactly pay the biggest bucks for SWE aside from a few specialized roles.

The only SWE jobs in finance that really match or exceed FAANG and other top (or even mid tier) tech companies are a very select few elite hedge funds and trading shops.

Not true lol. I used to work at JPMC and got a 20% bump switching to a much much less sexy industry writing software.

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