tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951375.post113153600221630717..comments2023-10-03T10:31:50.038-04:00Comments on Magmasystems Blog: Let the Traders Have Some!marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09487180059998380922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951375.post-1131851310774637182005-11-12T22:08:00.000-05:002005-11-12T22:08:00.000-05:00You are certainly in the wrong place, as my experi...You are certainly in the wrong place, as my experience for the most part has been infront of the traders. In my book if you are building systems for use by traders, then you need to be working with them, period, this goes for any area of the bizness, including the operations side. Layers of BA's add little value to the process, but what do you expect from an industry that feel hook line and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951375.post-1131796407981070692005-11-12T06:53:00.000-05:002005-11-12T06:53:00.000-05:00Had some drink with some colleagues the other nigh...Had some drink with some colleagues the other night, and asked if they have come close to any traders. They all said no. That being said, they are all at JPMC ... this corroborates what 'JOS' just posted.marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09487180059998380922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951375.post-1131653339345331262005-11-10T15:08:00.000-05:002005-11-10T15:08:00.000-05:00Sounds like you're describing JPMorgan to me. I wa...Sounds like you're describing JPMorgan to me. I was there as a Finetix dev twice. Both times I wasn't even in the same building as the traders, and was never in a meeting with them. Suspect the BAs keep devs and traders apart to justify their own existence, and that a lot of JPM's tech problems stem from this. Here at BarCap things are refreshingly different. We devs work very closely with the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951375.post-1131588170860086282005-11-09T21:02:00.000-05:002005-11-09T21:02:00.000-05:00To Anon,Yes, I could be wrong... but in my current...To Anon,<BR/><BR/>Yes, I could be wrong... but in my current contract, we are isolated from the traders by a layer of bus analysts. In my previous contract, which was also with a major financial powerhouse, the technical team was isolated from the traders, even though I was leading the technical team and doing all of the architecture for a major system that they were going to be using (all of ourmarchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09487180059998380922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951375.post-1131565072777632992005-11-09T14:37:00.000-05:002005-11-09T14:37:00.000-05:00I think you are very, very right! I work with tra...I think you are very, very right! I work with traders too and I always enjoy watching them work with my apps. I can point out keyboard shortcuts that they may not be aware of, etc. and I get ideas for the process they use which in turn allows me to improve the UI for them....<BR/>Anyway, it's just satisying to see your app being used in the field.<BR/>The less number of people between me and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951375.post-1131545731532997322005-11-09T09:15:00.000-05:002005-11-09T09:15:00.000-05:00Think you are very very wrong on this. I think yo...Think you are very very wrong on this. I think you need to open your eyes a little and look outside the box you are living in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com