Hi Blind Family, I’m looking to pivot from the Finance Industry into the FinTech world. I currently work at Bloomberg on the Accounting/Finance side of things. I have 4 years of industry experience with a degree in Accounting and Information Systems. I’m located in NY and looking to make anything o...Read more
So I spent past 20+ years in fintech, started out in consulting, then on a couple big broker dealers and ended up with a major hedge fund. Had a decent run. Money was good and steady. It wasn't overnight IPO style money but TC climbed steadily from 5 digits to 500K over 15 years. I was able to lever...Read more
a trader in hedge fund for 10yrs. Recently did a master in data science. Looking for some fintech related job. Advice?
Which companies are the best for building transferrable technical and domain knowledge for mid-level (1-3 yoe) software engineers? I'm looking at Brex, Chime, Coinbase, PayPal/Venmo, Plaid, Robinhood, Stripe, and Square as places to apply to. Which of these are known for hiring and developing the s...Read more
Entering my 7th year at my company and I feel stuck. I've been stuck in the same routine. Started out as a business analyst and got into network engineering. Have been promoted to an arbitrary title that bumped up my base salary a tiny bit but haven't been able to attain specific knowledge that is t...Read more
Hi Everyone, I will be graduating from a Masters program in May 2020. I need guidance from all the Fintech experts on Blind. Currently, I'm interning with a seed stage start-up which finds itself in Small Business Lending Business. Prior to that I worked in Series A stage invoice discounting startu...Read more
Hi, I recently graduated from college on May'22. I joined as an intern in April for 6 months at a well established startup with an opportunity to convert into full-time at the end of it. Even though most of my peeps are starting as a full time after graduation, I'm not yet anxious as I am well comm...Read more
I am graduate student currently pursuing Masters in CS , want to take up jobs in fintech or PM roles as pure tech is not my thing Suggestions needed on how to start this transition or just some opinions! Thanks
Should a SDE try to get some fintech experience in his CV?
Or is blockchain technology a convoluted mess filled with people who are heavily invested by way of crypto?
Hi all, I am user researcher trying to transition into the IT industry here in the UK. A few days ago I received a job offer from Capgemini and I accepted, but now it turns out that I it seems I will receive another job offer from Wise (ex-Transferwise). My goal has always been to transition into t...Read more
Would be great to hear options from both sides.
I have MBA with 15 YOE in supply chain logistics across areas like C/I, IE, PM, Ops. TC. $120K. I'm looking to get into the finance market.
I am moving from a business analyst at Amazon to a product manager role at a startup. One offer is a data infra PM at a digital bank - fast growing but the role is away from HQ. Other offers is a subscription management system product manager at headless CMS startup. Bank offer total compensation is...Read more
TikTok e-commerce 2-2 tc: 450k (280 base, 40signon, 70% is cash+signon) Plaid E5 tc: 430k (220 base) Yoe: 6 I have some fintech/e-commerce background and want to work in the same area so both fits me. Plaid has better culture and wlb but the concern is around the valuation/growth and IPO TikTok p...Read more
Do not join FANGs. They are bureaucratic mess.. if you are a swe worth your salt, go find a start up or another place, build skills in fintech or robotics, or AI.. FANGs will kill your career by putting you in crappy roles.. and before you know it, your current skills will be outdated and you wil...Read more
Looking to exit banking and enter fintech. What’s the best place to find fintech jobs? #fintech #product #career #tech
Meta wants to hire me back so I continue with the same package I had before layoffs at same level I am feeling a lot of performance pressure w.r.t. citadel one. Perhaps because I have < 3 YoE? Will that be a good career move? Anyone at Citadel/Jane Street confirm how the WLB is in those firms?
Hi all, Been at JPMC for 8 months. I’m an executive director - product director reporting directly into managing directors. Looking to leave and join a non-public fintech company. Any advise how to look for fintech jobs, also open to startups as well? Previously I spent several years at Goldman sa...Read more