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Bloomberg LP
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- type of organization: private
- size: gargantuan (1,001 to 10,000 people)
- website: www.bloomberg.com
- development offices:
Bloomberg is the leading global provider of data, news and analytics. The BLOOMBERG TERMINAL and Bloomberg's media services provide real-time and archived financial and market data, pricing, trading, news and communications tools in a single, integrated package to corporations, news organizations, financial and legal professionals and individuals around the world.
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Finance + Coding
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November 28, 2006
If you are a coder and into finance, you can work on some really cool stuff here. Coding jobs are essentially only in New York and London, so that limits things. But unlike most shops your code will actually be *used* by real people, most likely paying clients. Free snacks and drinks in kitchen, though no hot meals. Pay is very good. Just remember: this company's business is delivering information to financial professionals.
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good pay; not much else.
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September 15, 2006
good pay; not much else.
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Stay Away if you want real development
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September 14, 2006
Although they are likely to say lots about the exciting work place while trying to recruit you, the fact remains that 99% of the work there is maintainance of old Fortran and (if you are lucky) C code. No flexible hours allowed and in case any problems show up in your production code you will be summoned immediately, never mind its 3:00 in the Night. The interior of Bloomberg resembles a mordern sweat shop, row after row of programmers sitting at desks with more...