Re: Trading System Programmer (2)

["Kent Rollins" <kentr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It will be almost impossible for you to get a job programming anywhere
without either a college degree in a related field or 3 years industry
experience.  Financial programming is one area where I'm guessing most firms
are going to want above average programmers.  The smaller and more active
the firm, the more experience they are going to want in a developer.  Entry
level work will only be found in large IT departments.  It's not impossible
that you'd find this type of work, but without experience or knowing
someone, it's next to impossible.

Kent


----- Original Message -----
From: "Travis Saimoto" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 9:43 PM
Subject: Trading System Programmer (2)


Thanks for all the quick response first.  But I can't seem to get the answer
for becoming a full-time trading system programmer for a firm.  I'm very
interested in this job and wondering if you have any opinions and advice for
the career.

Thanks in advance, again.

Travis Saimoto

Last message:
Obviously, there are a lot of things Tradestation/EasyLanguage cannot do.
(Ex. You are following 2 markets, trade Market X if you are up 2% on Market
Y).  So I've decided to learn how program in C/C++.

Now that I've started learning and started to grasp the whole programming,
I've realized how much more I can do toward creating a system.  It's fun
trying to improve your system and trading, simply I'm a system developing
junky and thinking of career change.  I'm wondering if there any trading
system programmer in O-list and how you got started.  Also, how much skill
you need to be, to start.

Thanks in advance.