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| Elena |
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Automation and System Services |
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Why the Fed? |
| In my undergraduate Money and Banking class, we spent a lot of time discussing the Fed. I was impressed by how one entity could wield enough power to affect not just the country’s but the whole world’s economies. Six months later, when I got a call from the Fed, the sense of awe was still there. After getting a glimpse of several technologies that I had never dealt with before, I was sold not just on the Fed but on the Fed’s IT department. |
My Responsibilities |
| I think of myself as a match-making web developer. When business areas have a collaboration or information sharing need, I look for solutions that will fit their needs best. In practice, this means working with many of the former emerging technologies that are now common-place – blogs, wikis and RSS feeds. If the required functionality does not yet exist, I help to create it. |
Challenges and Rewards of My Job: |
| In my work, challenges and rewards tend to go together. The biggest challenge is learning the customers’ problems and cultures. You can’t force people to use a tool, but if it fits their specific needs and makes life easier, they will use it. And the best reward comes from the moment when everything clicks and suddenly I know what will solve the business problem in the simplest way possible. |
| How Is the Fed Unique? |
| It seems that no matter what kind of culture you are looking for, it exists in the Fed. I was looking for challenging projects, a degree of independence and a flexible workplace–and I found all of that. I was surprised at how many people stay in the Fed for several decades–the Fed must be doing something right! |
