johnnycash

The article says they temporarily disable HTTPS to make a call to Flurry, which is an advertising/analytics company. They must be accessing the analytics side.

Sacrificing users' security just to load ads and generate revenue says a lot about this company's ethics.

Thanks for your reply. What are you thinking about doing in finance?

Hi vijucat, thanks for your response. I think you're right that if I left my current industry, I would feel like I wasted the time I put into getting into finance. That's what's holding me back.

I actually have no idea how to answer your race condition question because I'm not involved in parsing the FIX logs. I could probably start doing this kind of thing at my current job though. Are firms actively looking for people with these kinds of skills?

Also, I'm pretty opposed to working at a bank because of their hierarchy, culture, and morals. Knowing this, would you still recommend I stay in finance? (Pauses for laughter to subside). If you're wondering why I got into finance in the first place, it's because I wanted to work for buy-side firms, and wanted a lucrative job, and was a little naive. I fell into the sell-side, but work at a company much smaller than a bank.

Finally, you mentioned I'm underpaid--what do you recommend I ask for in terms of a raise, and after how many months would it be appropriate? I'm a few months in and this is my first job ever because I did the master's right after my bachelors.

Thanks everyone for your replies. I think vijucat's phrase "grass is greener" describes what most of you are saying, and gives me hope to continue with my current career path.

My performance review is coming up and based on what a lot of you are saying, I'm underpaid and should ask for a raise. This is my first job (did BS then MS right after) and I've only been here a few months. Any tips about how much I should ask for? Based on Glassdoor I'm thinking about asking for 120K + 25K bonus, but is this still too little?