Jackie

We have a tremendous number of projects right now, all interesting and impactful. One that springs to mind is a project to encourage the reuse of pitch book materials, for greater efficiencies. As a developer that problem isn’t difficult to solve; the main challenge is to figure out how to change organizational behaviours.

The most challenging part of my job is prioritization. We have so many projects and only a finite number of resources. We have around 50 people in our group. Prioritizing projects is relatively easy, but very often we have to share our people with other technology groups. It can be hard to prioritize your projects against projects from another area.

The most rewarding part of my job is watching our solutions in use. When something we’ve helped to develop, name and deliver becomes part of the Goldman Sachs vernacular, it can be rewarding. For example, one solution I helped develop (called gStyle) has become so entrenched in the firm that it is actually now a verb, i.e., “Can you gStyle this?”