What marketable skills (technological subjects or abilities) do I will need to learn in the banking/financial sector that could be useful in the future?
How Bitcoins and cryptocurrencies work?
A programing language like Java or Phyton?
Excell?
What will be usefull to learn to be "attractive" or employable for employers in the future in that sector?
>>2421753
>>2422335
kek nigger coin on my resume
In order of importance
>Microsoft office (Be a excell pro)
>Accounting/bookkeeping
>Macro Economics
>Grant writing and how to apply for them
>How hedge funds work
>What securities are and security trading works
>Trends in foreign currency exchange rates
I'm a market analyst for a pharma company.
So in my case I narrowed in on a specific niche in the market making me valuable to pharmaceutical companies.
However, understanding programing (C++ and java specifically) has endless potential across the board. As it stands now in regards to finance you might want to educate yourself on blockchain. I.e be able to look at a transaction hash and understand it.
Ethereum's LLL High level language is a good example of financial coding.
But in regards to marketable skills that make you valuable the list above covers the essential basics
>>2422801
Follow this guy if you want a lowish level role, otherwise make sure to get a bachelor's in Computer Science and master's in Statistics or Machine Learning
No decent jobs will require you to use excel
>>2422820
Follow this guy if you want to be a coder.
Because the mid and high level roles in a f500 are for coders. lol
If you want a desk take this advice.
If you want an office take mine.
>No decent job will require you to use excel
Lmao
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>>2423038
>coder
Pleb detected
I'm a programmer and I have my own office with a door and I'm straight out of college. Don't generalize everything to the lowest common denominator.
>>2423499
If you have an office as a programmer than you don't work in finance.
Which is the genesis of this thread.