Or why you should avoid customizations in IT projects As you may or may not know, I have been working in fintech for some time now and the experience has been interesting to say the least. I have learnt a trick or two on the way, nothing too disruptive, but still, interesting ideas, concepts or... Continue Reading →
Monsieur, C’est avec regret qu’il a été décidé de ne pas donner suite à votre candidature. Comme vous le soupçonnez sans doute, les jeux étaient faits d’avance. Les dés étaient pipés. Il fallait jouer le jeu de l’égalité des opportunités, de la transparence. Montrer patte-blanche dans ce monde où le bon sens d’il y’a quelques... Continue Reading →
In French, because why not? Photo by Jed Owen on Unsplash Un grand sac bandoulière en cuir tanné, un peu rétro. Mon compagnon de voyage depuis maintenant quelques mois. Un cadeau choisi à défaut d’être subi, pour faire durer le plaisir au-delà du papier cadeau. Surprise choisie, paradoxe dont je m’accommode fort bien. Bien moins pratique qu’un bagage... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B801pQ-3iWo I met your music against all odds. I was on a very short business trip to Norway and I was stunned when I heard this song on the TV, by sheer chance, while randomly flicking through channels to keep the lonely silence of the hotel room away. It was a Monday evening, and Norway... Continue Reading →
I am not an outspoken extravert as people in this craft can be. I am not a raging bull claiming victories on the battlefield. I am no legend, I hold no magic. Others are cut from that miracle cloth, I am just warm durable denim. And maybe just worn-out not-so-durable denim. I don’t know anymore.... Continue Reading →
En Français because it happened in French. But not in France. True story Photo by Ben White on Unsplash Hop on folks, there’s still room for more people. Em… We’ll take the next one. See ya later… Hmm. That’s weird! Why did they snob us all of a sudden? … Bonjour! Ah! Bonjour madame. Vous parlez français. Oui!... Continue Reading →
One of the major traps in fintech is implementing the requirements of a financial institution without questioning the value it is expecting from them. Many times, the client would be describing how he or she operates a given business process in the system being replaced rather than the functional value expected from that process regardless... Continue Reading →
Up in the Air, a movie starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick, tells the tale of a guy who's in-between the plane and the Hilton, all the time. I happened to watch it on a plane, one of the many I would be boarding in a globetrotting game which went on for years,... Continue Reading →
I had been writing on serious stuff lately. Guns, revolutions, Fauré, explosions, or poetry and heartaches. Rejoice dear reader, for I will indulge in a lighter subject today, on fintech for a bit of fun, as always, and more precisely, on an everyday life black hole, a trap you cannot avoid if you work in... Continue Reading →
Or when you think they expect you to be the intergalactic expert. Many years ago, I found myself in a meeting room somewhere in the middle east, in the middle of summer, surrounded by half the finance department of one of my clients, trying to come up with an elegant design for the accounting schema... Continue Reading →
Or how it looks from the inside. Every experience is unique and different people can have different accounts on a career in FinTech. Here's mine. I got in FinTech by chance. I received a call I was not expecting. Until that moment, finance did not ring a bell. Trading floors seemed like movie stuff. The... Continue Reading →
Or how to explain what you do as a fintech professional to people who have no clue about technology and/or financial institutions, without quoting The Wolf of Wall Street. Photo by Timisu The average tentative involves you saying that you work in fintech (that's financial technology) and having then to explain that your clients are mostly... Continue Reading →
The Idea Sounding Board 