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Finance guy here: the productivity in finance has sky rocketed compared to 20 years ago. More computing power means quicker and better decision making. Higher level programming languages has translated into much quicker deliveries of new stuff. Quality tools has reduced a lot the needs of relying on other people.

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I think this is the reality for most areas, it's never been simpler to actually get projects doing something useful in the wild