I've worked at investment banks. People are committed, but they're not there after 7 on the whole.
There are smart people, they're the seniors. The juniors are just like everywhere else. There are the actively clueless.
The only good thing about investment banks is that they're more agile than consumer banks. That's probably country dependent though.
Don't think it's like this special place or some crap. It's really not.
On the whole, if you have strong programming skills you're going to be better compensated in the financial sector than at google or facebook. You just have to work with a non software oriented business that doesn't give a shit, and put up with things.
There are smart people, they're the seniors. The juniors are just like everywhere else. There are the actively clueless.
The only good thing about investment banks is that they're more agile than consumer banks. That's probably country dependent though.
Don't think it's like this special place or some crap. It's really not.
On the whole, if you have strong programming skills you're going to be better compensated in the financial sector than at google or facebook. You just have to work with a non software oriented business that doesn't give a shit, and put up with things.