Hi Everyone,
I'm a Computer Science student due to graduate at the end of this year, and I hope to eventually be an IT contractor in the Investment Banking industry. I have done internships as a software engineer at a big software house, and as a business analyst at an IB, so I have some idea of what I can go into, and what it's like
Since I am starting on a 'clean slate' as such, and have lots of options of which routes to go down, I was wondering if I could get your opinions on a few of these questions:
- go straight into contracting, or go on a graduate scheme at an IB? If the latter, how many years is ideal before starting to apply for contracts? how about technology consulting at a consultancy (e.g. deloitte, pwc, accenture)?
- business analyst or software development - do you think there'll be an equal demand for each of these roles in the coming years?
- what to specialise in, if you had the choice, (in terms of future job prospects and interest) and how important is certification? Equities, Derivatives, Fixed Income? Prince2? Agile? Six Sigma? C#? Java? Security?
Thanks so much in advance!
B
I'm a Computer Science student due to graduate at the end of this year, and I hope to eventually be an IT contractor in the Investment Banking industry. I have done internships as a software engineer at a big software house, and as a business analyst at an IB, so I have some idea of what I can go into, and what it's like
Since I am starting on a 'clean slate' as such, and have lots of options of which routes to go down, I was wondering if I could get your opinions on a few of these questions:
- go straight into contracting, or go on a graduate scheme at an IB? If the latter, how many years is ideal before starting to apply for contracts? how about technology consulting at a consultancy (e.g. deloitte, pwc, accenture)?
- business analyst or software development - do you think there'll be an equal demand for each of these roles in the coming years?
- what to specialise in, if you had the choice, (in terms of future job prospects and interest) and how important is certification? Equities, Derivatives, Fixed Income? Prince2? Agile? Six Sigma? C#? Java? Security?
Thanks so much in advance!
B
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