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Skills are changing. Expectations of candidates have shifted!
The new world of skills is changing quickly. The new expectations are here, and they likely will change again in the next few months and years to come.
When I worked at Third Point and we would hire a new analyst for the investment team, there would always be multiple qualified candidates with unbelievable backgrounds. Ultimately, it would come down to small achievements or skills.
In the early days, probably before my time, it was “Do they use VBA in Excel? Oh wow, lets hire them, they are so quick at building tools!”
Then it became, “Do they know Python?” Maybe they won’t need help from the data science team or engineers to look at data like credit card spending. Let’s hire them.”
Somewhere in between, there was always the “do they have a CFA? Well, she does and he doesn’t, so that’s the tie breaker.”
Now it is “do they know how to use any of the new AI tools or LLMs? They just completed our test 10x quicker than any of our in-house analysts, and are more efficient than anyone we have on the team. Hire them.”
If you are AI-native and can build models, do research, and run circles around the current staff members on the investment team, chances are you are going to make a difference. You have to embrace these tools now. Try everything, build your own, go deep and be able to speak to the nuances of the different tool sets. Knowing how to use a Bloomberg or $FDS ( ▼ 1.22% ) terminal was a previous skill, especially given that Bloomberg has their own language like EQS <go> or READ 1h <go>. Now, analysts are using Rogo, Hebbia, AlphaSense, Fiscal.ai, Finster, and so many other AI native tools, the games changed. The cost of tools has changed. The capabilities have changed. The future is coming fast and the interviews will be different. Even how you interview is changing as many embrace AI Voice interviews with platforms like ribbon.ai
Time to level up your skills!
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