I hear SWEs at firms like Goldman Sachs and Delloite feel like that the culture there values bus people more. Does anyone have ecperience at a big5 tech company vs a big finance firm? Looking for TC of average SWE, culture, and promotions mobility.
If you get a tech role for a business line (espe ideally the lines of business generating highest revenue), it's a lot better because you are pushing the innovation and initiatives that will make more money versus the infra, support, IT compliance tech roles that act more like cost centers as opposed to revenue streams. And because they're so highly regulated you wont always be able to use the hottest or newest tech.
Truth - unless it's high value infrastructure.
1) SWEs are cost, not profit pool. You are second-class citizen. 2) Regulations: you can’t freely trade. Every transaction needs compliance pre-approval and subject to 30-day holding period 3) Some groups will treat you as contractors 4) Infrastructure is from last decade with sick “security “ restrictions. I measured: things which would take me ~40 min in AWS, will take 1 month to get done (like few weeks for firewall ports opening) with few layers of incompetent implementors in process.
At lest at GS they’re working hard to fix the efficacy issue.
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Worked at big tech and an investment bank. SWE are second class citizens. Traders and IBankers get more pay, respect, and events than cost center employees. Better to be at tech companies that pay better & have good WLB. Promotions at banks are all about kissing ass
Ah thanks for reaffirming. Wonder why any good swe would work there? Maybe bc he thought it would be better? Or a chance to gain industry exoerience. Either way, i wonder what their turnover is
What about McKinsey?