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| BB_Stuart | Let me introduce myself. My name is Stuart and do Fixed Income software development for Bloomberg |
| S_A_R_O_J | Hello Stuart nice to meet u |
| BB_Stuart | Hello, How are you? We are just starting. A few others from Bloomberg will be here shortly |
| jmpld40 | the chat will start in 5 minutes |
| S_A_R_O_J | Alright ... I am fine .. how do u do .. |
| S_A_R_O_J | Alright ... I am fine .. how do u do .. |
| BB_Stuart | Good. Busy. Excited about the round of topcoder. |
| S_A_R_O_J | oh same as me :) |
| S_A_R_O_J | can u tell me something about Fixed Income software developement ... |
| S_A_R_O_J | @Stuart |
| BB_Stuart | There are many types of securities. Two big examples are fixed income and equities. |
| BB_Stuart | Within Fixed Income you have basic bonds, Swaps, Credit derivatives and Mortgages. You also have Currencies and Commodities |
| S_A_R_O_J | hmm i c |
| BB_Stuart | My builds software for all of those areas |
| S_A_R_O_J | hmm sounds interesting .. |
| S_A_R_O_J | does it revolve around softwares which can automate the process of calculation of interests , validation of credit cards ... and online mortagage .. correct me if am worng :) |
| BB_Stuart | It can be a screen for analysis. It can be helping the trading system with API to these analytics so they can be traded. Parts of it are very GUI based and other parts are very much about huge amounts of calcs quickly |
| BB_Stuart | S_A_R_O_J: no, MTGE is different. It is more like this. WHen someone gets a mtge on a condo or a house or a co-op, the bank does not keep the MTGE anymore |
| S_A_R_O_J | hmm ...i c .. in what platforms do you work on |
| BB_Stuart | S_A_R_O_J: it sells it on. 100s, 1000s of these MTGEs are then put together and sold as securities. And traded just like any bond would be. But they are very complicated mathimatically |
| BB_Stuart | S_A_R_O_J: While clients run on software on the PC, all the real work is done on our UNIX servers. |
| harvey6ft | Greetings! |
| S_A_R_O_J | so basically one builts web applications |
| BB_Stuart | S_A_R_O_J: Yeah, kind of. Except it does not run in a typical browser. CLients have a bloomberg app on there desk. And we use GTK for building screens currently. |
| S_A_R_O_J | what are the u looking in at the moment from US .. and what openings do you have :) |
| S_A_R_O_J | US !=united states ; |
| BB_Stuart | S_A_R_O_J: We in general look for smart people who want to learn. While we are largely a c/c++ shop, we will hire people with other backgrounds. |
| harvey6ft | Where are the jobs located? |
| BB_Stuart | S_A_R_O_J: Ever year we have what we call JR programmer training classes, for people right out of school for with a few years of experience. We have quite a few openings are year |
| BB_Stuart | S_A_R_O_J: The jobs are located in NYC and Princteon NJ. For people in Europe, we also have a London R&D office |
| riteshkapoor | hellooo |
| BB_Dan | hey |
| riteshkapoor | wuts this chat room for? |
| BB_Stuart | on of my collegues Dan just came in. I have been answering questions for a bit, but feel free to talk to either of us |
| jmpld40 | riteshkapoor: this is a chat session to talk to Bloomberg |
| BB_Dan | That's me |
| riteshkapoor | ok |
| BB_Dan | If you have any questions about our company, what software we create, etc |
| BB_Dan | Feel free to ask! |
| riteshkapoor | so there r 2 ppl from BB |
| stupidcoder | I really don |
| riteshkapoor | i've heard about your comp |
| stupidcoder | don't know your company.:) |
| tep | So, would like to ask, what kind of software you create? |
| jmpld40 | riteshkapoor: Dan and Stuart are Bloomberg representatives |
| BB_Stuart | yes, BB_Stuart and BB_DAn. you can tell by the BB |
| riteshkapoor | one of my friends is there too |
| stupidcoder | what products do you make? |
| riteshkapoor | wut technologies do you use mainly |
| BB_Stuart | There are two bloomberg people here (soon to be three) |
| tep | i dont know that bloomberg also need software developer? |
| BB_Dan | We provide financial information and analytics to the financial world |
| BB_Stuart | We build finanical software that is used around the world. This software called the Bloomberg Professional is Bloombergs largest business by far, so yes we need software developer |
| Perseph0ne | I hope I'm not reiterating a question that's been asked before, but can someone enumerate the locations of the Bloomberg developer positions? |
| BB_Dan | Most of our technology teams are in NY |
| BB_Stuart | in the US: NYC and Princeton, NJ. For our European participants: London |
| tep | oh, what about singapore? |
| riteshkapoor | hey wut about non-us, non-european ppl? |
| BB_Stuart | While we have an office in singapore, it is for sales. There is no software development there. |
| tep | oh.. |
| BB_Stuart | Currently the software development offices are in the US and the UK |
| BB_Dan | In regard to the technology question... |
| BB_Dan | We primarily develop software using C/C++ on UNIX, though we use many other technologies such as Java, C#, Perl |
| tep | so, is there any chance non-US/non-UK software developer to get in? |
| tep | the software runs on UNIX? |
| BB_Stuart | yes, the software runs on UNIX machines in our datacenters. |
| SecureCoding | what is your website address? www.bloomberg.com ? |
| BB_Dan | tep: Your country of origin does not matter, but we only have software development offices in the U.S. and U.K. |
| BB_Dan | Yes, our website is www.bloomberg.com |
| harvey6ft | Does Bloomberg sponsor F1 or H1 visas? |
| BB_Stuart | yes, that is the website. but that is not the main product that our customers use |
| SecureCoding | BB_Dan: But it looks like to news site more than anything other |
| SecureCoding | BB_Dan: what is your customers websute? |
| SecureCoding | BB_Dan: website? |
| BB_Dan | All of the news, radio, TV is derived from our main product, the Bloomberg Professional Service |
| BB_Dan | That is not a website |
| SecureCoding | BB_Dan: I want website address of your company where I can find your products |
| BB_Dan | It is service that we deliver using software |
| harvey6ft | what do your customers do with the software? |
| BB_Dan | Make investment decisions |
| riteshkapoor | BB* : how would you categorize your work - maintenance of existing products |
| riteshkapoor | - r&d of new prods |
| riteshkapoor | - others |
| tep | so actually bloomberg offer financial analysis / information through the use of the software? |
| BB_Dan | Our customers are banks, hedge funds, insurance companies, etc |
| BB_Stuart | Like any company with software, it is both: We develop and build new software for new markets and new opportunities and maintain what we have |
| Perseph0ne | Hypothetically, would someone with a strong mathematical background (say, of the Putnam Fellow ilk) be grouped with 'developers', or more traditional analysts? |
| dynamitehacker | what kinds of projects do Bloomberg developers work on? |
| BB_Stuart | yes, through the bloomberg you can take a complicated MTGE or credit derivative and see how it will behave in various coniditions, for example |
| BB_Dan | For a better description of our flagship product, read this: http://about.bloomberg.com/about/professional/index.html |
| BB_Dan | Bloomberg developers typically build financial applications for our customers |
| BB_Stuart | Bloomberg developers work on many projects. They can be just 1 person projects or larger ones with a group of 10 people. Since we cover all markets, all countries, FI, Equity, Trading Systems, Execution, There are 100s if not 1000s of proj going on |
| SecureCoding | BB_Dan: Your server uses Solaris Sun OS 8... Why SunOS? |
| harvey6ft | how many developers work at Bloomberg? |
| tep | just curious to know, what kind of developers does bloomberg looking for? |
| BB_Stuart | harve6ft: 1500 or so developers work for bloomberg across the 3 programming office |
| eamigo | what does bloomberg do ??? |
| SecureCoding | BB_Stuart: Your server uses Solaris Sun OS 8... Why SunOS? |
| BB_Stuart | tep: we are looking for smart people. For people right out of school we are looking for people who want to learn and can think, rather than a particular lang skill. That being said our main langs are c/C++ |
| harvey6ft | what is your interview process like? |
| BB_Stuart | We have used a variety of machines over the years. Currently for many of our servers we use large machines of 24+ processors. These tend to be solaris or ibm machines. For other things we use farms of linux machines |
| BB_Stuart | harvey6ft: there will first be on on campus or phone interview. After that, you will be brought to the office to interview here |
| SecureCoding | BB_Stuart: I know some vulnerabilities in Solaris Sun OS 8... That's why I asked... Do you had any security problems? |
| BB_Stuart | we are moving away from it in most cases. no problems of that sort. |
| BB_Stuart | Now that there are a lot of new people here. Does anyone have any questions. |
| riteshkapoor | do u have any openings for exp ppl - 3yrs on c,c++,linux,stl,multithreading,databases |
| BB_Stuart | sure absolutely. We hire people of all experience levels. absolutley |
| geethan | how feasible do you consider that topcoder members are good ppl for your company? |
| riteshkapoor | what if we're non-us/non-euro/non-visa ppl? :) |
| BB_Dan | We hire the best possible talent |
| martin-g | BB_Stuart: Who do you think is the main competitor for Bloomberg in financial market software? |
| BB_Stuart | we are looking for smart people. We think that topcoder embodies the skills we are looking for |
| riteshkapoor | thnx for the info |
| BB_Stuart | the main competitors are companies like Reuters |
| ajaycode | hi can any body tell me can an indian apply to bloomberg |
| abhicool | BB_Stuart: ya how can Indians get a part of Bloomberg ?? |
| Vizetha | Do you have any trading product? |
| bekerpico | what about egyptain ? |
| Dlougach | the same question about russian |
| BB_Stuart | yes he have both an exectution prod and a trading product |
| Perseph0ne | As far as skill is concerned, which of these dimensions, measured by TopCoder, do you guys see as more vital? (Design/Development/Algorithms/Marathon Matches) |
| ajaycode | that means indians dont have any chance of getting into bloomberg |
| Vizetha | Thanx man! |
| BB_Stuart | They are all important to being a good coder |
| abhicool | BB_Stuart: Sir how can Indians get to be a part of Bloomberg ?? |
| TAG | Do you have offices in Antarctica (near South Pole) ? |
| ajaycode | any body can tell me |
| BB_Stuart | there are no south pole offices |
| harvey6ft | what is the working environment like? biz casual or suits? |
| BB_Dan | Neither |
| abhicool | TAG: when did you move to South Pole ? |
| datawrangler | BB_Stuart: How about Chicagoland? |
| BB_Dan | Members of R&D (programming) dress casually |
| BB_Dan | Jeans |
| BB_Stuart | casual in R&D |
| TAG | abhicool: 1/2 year ago |
| portoban | do you offer freelance oportunities? |
| BB_Stuart | we dont really do much with freelance |
| abhicool | TAG: wow i wonder how its like there ? |
| martin-g | TAG: Are you alone there? |
| riteshkapoor | BB* : is nationality a major factor in ur hiring process |
| BB_Dan | Our culture here is very unique. |
| TAG | martin-g: Are you kidding ? It's station with full of people |
| BB_Dan | We have no offices or job titles. |
| S_A_R_O_J | Hello Stuart had a network break down ... |
| abhicool | BB_Dan: how can i join Bloomberg ? |
| BB_Dan | By offices I mean private corner offices. We also have no cubicles. |
| BB_Stuart | Welcome back. |
| Vizetha | Could you tell me the technical details of your trading product (like language + platform)? |
| martin-g | TAG: wow, so you weren't kidding :) |
| S_A_R_O_J | thank you Stuart |
| abhicool | TAG: station ? |
| BB_Dan | Check out our openings here: careers.bloomberg.com |
| abhicool | TAG: like in fiction movies ? |
| Perseph0ne | BB_Stuart: To a certain extent it is possible to focus one's self-improvement energies towards one or the other (design/dev/etc.)... is there actually no distinction when it comes to recruitment, or is this too nebulous a question? |
| ajaycode | can v apply directly there |
| S_A_R_O_J | hello Dan |
| BB_Stuart | you can join bloomberg by applying. You can also apply though the web site |
| S_A_R_O_J | Well does Bloomberg have any investments in India?? |
| BB_Stuart | it is too nebulous |
| BB_Stuart | bloomberg has a small office in india |
| ajaycode | how will bloomberg hire us from india |
| S_A_R_O_J | Hmm and any openings for Indians |
| BB_Stuart | our product in general is c/c++ unix |
| S_A_R_O_J | I fancy c, unix windows and java |
| ajaycode | how can v apply there |
| Vizetha | BB_Stuart: It seems its common platform for bankikng. Thanx for the info. |
| BB_Stuart | apply thorugh http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tournaments&d2=tccc06&d3=bloomberg |
| BB_Stuart | yeah, well, UNIX and c/C++ are a great combo |
| ajaycode | ok sir |
| jmpld40 | apply here: http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tournaments&d2=tccc06&d3=bloomberg |
| riteshkapoor | BB*: are you here for some other purpose apart from answering the questions about bloomberg |
| BB_Dan | BB_Stuart: Who is our TopCoder recruiter guy? Is he here? |
| TAG | BB_Dan: harvey6ft probably |
| BB_Stuart | yes I saw the topcoder guys earlier |
| harvey6ft | yep, I'm here... TC recruiter |
| harvey6ft | Brian Flood |
| harvey6ft | bflood@topcoder.com |
| ajaycode | hi tc recruiter what is the criteria or eligibility for hiring us |
| BB_Dan | BB_Stuart: Brian, If people are interested in applying for a job with Bloomberg, should they contact you as well? |
| harvey6ft | BB_Dan: yes, they are encouraged to contact me |
| riteshkapoor | whats your mail id? |
| harvey6ft | bflood@topcoder.com |
| harvey6ft | but, when you opt in to hear about bloomberg, you're going to hear from me |
| BB_Stuart | so people who are just arriving here is a review: |
| jmpld40 | opt in here: http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tournaments&d2=tccc06&d3=bloomberg |
| BB_Stuart | bloomberg is a company that provides software solutions to the financial markets. Our many langs are c/c++ |
| martin-g | BB_Stuart: Are there any demo versions of such software we could try? |
| BB_Stuart | When a JR programmer joins Bloomberg there is a 2 month training class to go into how the enviornment works, ect |
| maksdamir | zmaks: hi |
| jagan_net | Hi bloomberg people .... |
| BB_Stuart | jagan_net: hello |
| jagan_net | what kind of skills is requried for the JOB |
| BB_Dan | Hi |
| harvey6ft | sorry... having connection issues |
| BB_Stuart | jagan_net: our main langs are c/c++ on unix. BUT we are looking for smart programmers who want to learn |
| Smylic | Chmel_Tolstiy: hi |
| BB_Dan | We are looking for software developers to help build financial applications |
| dny | what kind of applications? |
| Chmel_Tolstiy | Smylic: hi |
| felix_halim | BB_Stuart: how many programmers are you looking for? |
| Chmel_Tolstiy | Smylic: kak ono ? |
| kurige | admin: do I lose any points if I register but don't compete? |
| Chmel_Tolstiy | Smylic: да |
| jagan_net | k .. I have exp in J2EE and Portal Development. |
| BB_Stuart | bloomberg develops mainly financial applications |
| TheFaxman | kurige: no |
| BB_Dan | We are hiring a significant number of programmers this year. |
| TAG | BB_Dan: H1b ? |
| ajaycode | can v apply directly or thru topcoder |
| ThomasTuttle | Yay, room assignments are coming! |
| ahyangyi | the time is near |
| thx1138 | ajaycode: through TopCoder |
| harvey6ft | So, I've just found out that bloomberg does sponsonr F1 and H1 visas |
| TAG | harvey6ft: What's requeired to apply for H1 in Bloomberg ? |
| shig | What are F1 and H1 visas? Are they limited by 4 yr degrees? |
| wyy | good mooorning :D |
| BB_Stuart | we have only a few minutes left any last questions |
| BB_Dan | Hi, I work for Bloomberg, L.P. Does anybody have any questions about job opportunities with our company? |
| czester21 | :] |
| ThomasTuttle | It's fun watching people fly out of the room as they get assigned! |
| S_A_R_O_J | can i get ur ids |
| vetiarvind | yup:D |
| TAG | BB_Dan: Dan, thank you - but most of coders have to compete in event sponsored by your company |
| TAG | BB_Dan: Thanks ! |
| harvey6ft | thanks everyone! |
| Uwe | Bloomberg develops a wide range of applications, mostly in C++ under a Unix environment. |
| ThomasTuttle | Am I still here? |
| S_A_R_O_J | to get in touch later and know more about the oppurtunities and the exciting stuff the company is involving in |
| S_A_R_O_J | emaild-id |
