What is the difference between being an IT in investment bank and a professional IT company?

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Published on 2011-11-09T08:00:07Z Indexed on 2011/11/17 2:04 UTC
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Suppose there are two positions:

IT in investment bank: developer for the infrastructure or the platform
a famous IT company: embedded developer, linux

As far as I understand, since in the investment bank not everyone will have the chance to work for the core trading system, most people just do the same job as they do in a normal IT company. And some of the tasks can even be outsourced.

But in a professional IT company, you will have more chance to practice your coding skill and enhance your professional knowledge. So there are many choices when you want to change your job while the IT in invest bank not.

Is this correct?

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