What are peoples thoughts on working for a Banking Company in a Product or Tech role? I know there are mixed feelings since it’s not working directly with interest, etc.

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Dang no thoughts :(

No difference as working for the big 4, go for it. Although the pay is lower in FSI than I expected for product roles.

If you look up Islamic Finance Guru, they have a video and article discussing similar things (e.g.: working as a finance lawyer)

Summary is, it can be looked at in a few ways:
- you're at an "arm's length" relationship with any interest-related business and are therefore not responsible for it; or
- you're contributing to an essential part of the interest-bearing transaction(s) and therefore have a hand in facilitating it; or
- you're part of an organisation whose main source of income is interest and therefore all the wealth stemming from it (including your salary) is tainted.

Which one applies to you is probably role- and madhhab- dependent.

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