Career Development

Level Up Your Financial IQ with Steve

Steve Johnson, Head of Millennium’s LEaD (Learning Engineering and Data) program, offers tips on how to build your financial IQ. The LEaD program focuses on the development of early career software engineers who are passionate about the intersection of finance and technology.

  1. Read one article daily on financial markets.
  2. Work through a technical book on financial topics.
  3. Build and back test a simple trading strategy in Python.
  4. Explore ChatGPT as a way to learn more about the trading markets and strategies.
  5. Embrace the power of curiosity and ask questions – it’s one of the best ways to learn.