Has anyone else successfully made the switch to a trading position from elsewhere in the bank? What worked for you?

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I came from an IT background to an FO position because I was lucky enough to understand electronic trading better than the incumbents when there was a paradigm shift. Remain humble, acknowledge that you have stuff to learn from the people you are working with, but keep in the back of your mind why you are now in the FO and think what you can maximize from the experience that got you where you are.

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It is reallllllly hard in this environment. Become best friends with a middle trader or 2. And ask his (yeah probably a guy) advice. Kiss some ass and show intuition.

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