[hnuser355]

Interview with a financial firm and with high probability you will hear “We’re not a financial company, we’re a tech company that does finance”

[AlexTWithBeard]

... unless you're being interviewed for a position in human resources.

They will tell you that all the bank is doing is simply putting right people in right places an managing them wisely.

[deadbunny]

"We're not X, we're a tech company that does X"is the latest thing that gets right on my tits.

[0xfeba]

> thing that gets right on my tits.

Is this a real saying? Or a typo?

[deadbunny]

Yes.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=getting%20ri...

[chosenbreed37]

> Interview with a financial firm and with high probability you will hear “We’re not a financial company, we’re a tech company that does finance”

Well...yes if you're interviewing with Silicon Valley Bank or Monzo. I'd be surprised if this is how Citi or Credit Suisse see themselves :-)

[fjp]

When I was interning at Allstate 5 years ago, they were saying this BS. Meanwhile it took 5 weeks of my 12 week internship to get all the system and software access I needed to get my dev environment set up.

[joshuamorton]

Surprise!

(No seriously).

I was recently in a loop with Goldman Sachs, Citi, cap1 and some others, and they all said this. And granted, some really were.

Some were not.