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Originally Posted by Shankenstein
Exactly. A wise friend of mine told me that "life is the world outside of work." Find a job that gives you the money, time, and emotional bandwidth to enjoy that life.
When kids are involved, your priorities shift towards stability... but if you're consistently unhappy, sharpen your skills and find something more appropriate.
Bank technology management is a bit vague. Do you focus on the hardware (like ultra-high-speed data centers) or software (like tools for quants)? I have a good friend who recently worked for Merrill/BoA and it was pretty wild. Maserati bonuses and constant layoffs.
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That's a very wise friend.
Bank technology has meant a few things. At one point I was the acting CTO for a smallish national bank ~$12BB and lead a team of about 70. But I traveled all the time, so there was no time to "do what I do'. Now it means project management for an extremely large bank doing new product development and not having any direct reports, but more time to do the stuff I enjoy.
And financial services technology is insanely interesting. I thought working at Victoria's Secret was cool, but this is way more fun!