Been in IB ops for about ten years now in NYC and London. A start up from silicone valley called me up (7 hours of interview) to help design a margin system. Is tech better than banking?

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No question. Dive in and don't look back. Good luck. 👍

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Automation is the future. I say you go long.

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Fortune favors the bold, my friend. Take the leap.

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Do it. Diversifying your experience makes you a more attractive candidate going forward. If you wanted to go back to banking afterwards, you'd have a whole new set of experience to sell.

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Now that it's been a few hours, I'm honestly impressed that no one brought up "silicone valley" 😄

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Depends whether Canadian is considered foreign. The system would be built out from scratch. Thanks everyone for the input.

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Clarifying question: did you actually build this system with them? Is that all they needed from you?

Yea... this person could be foreign or it's a typo. :/

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