Consultants: Melissa, Jon, Christina, Donell, Aleisha, Faraz

Software Engineers: Hasan, Nasir, Danielle, Tim, Kristin, Sean, Michael, Kevin

Network and Systems Engineers: Michael, José

Product Managers/Specialists: Jackie, James, Tanvi

Sales: Lauren, Young Mi, Terrance, Ryan

Directors and Managers

Michael, Director of Consulting (and former Consultant), 14 years

I accepted a position within FactSet's^® Consulting group because of the people I met while being recruited from the University of Iowa. My second round interview visit to our Connecticut headquarters was motivating and inspirational. Everyone I met made me feel really good about the opportunity and was very helpful with answering my questions about the company, the consulting job, and the local area. After 14 years, I can confidently say that we work with the brightest people in the financial community, some of whom are our clients and some of whom are my colleagues.

Our goal in Consulting is to provide the highest level of service to our clients while growing a superbly talented group of people within our department. Along the way, we're always looking for ways to improve our service by using better tools and creating more resources. We challenge ourselves everyday to find new ways to improve the satisfaction, efficiency, and productivity of both our clients and consultants.

As the Director of Consulting, I look for recruits who are positive, outgoing, and interested in finance. We really need people who enjoy helping others, whether it's through a phone conversation guiding a user through one of our applications, explaining a complex financial calculation in front of a group of people, or solving problems that may or may not involve our products. If you're looking for a position that is truly rewarding, challenging, and a fantastic career opportunity, FactSet Consulting may be the perfect place for you.

Because the Consulting department is a stepping stone to many other departments, becoming a Consultant often means securing a long and rewarding career at FactSet.

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Mike, Director of Engineering Recruiting and Training (and former Engineer), 10 years

As a FactSet Engineer, I started investigating how to build interactive applications on the Web and took on development of charting engines for many of FactSet's applications. From there, I managed larger and larger engineering teams, with increasing responsibility. Because of FactSet's extraordinary growth, I took on the role to manage the recruiting and training of all these new people.

Everyone at FactSet is smart and interesting. When recruiting, I'm looking for people who have an obvious command of technology but also display interests outside of work. FactSet's development style demands direct communication because changes happen so quickly and fluidly. We are especially interested in a candidate's communication skills and willingness to work with a variety of people.

I love to work with the new Engineers. They're like information sponges, and it's great to see their eyes light up as they discover FactSet's unique development environment. Much of FactSet's success is due to our culture and development practices. It's usually different than anything a new hire has experienced before.

As the Director of Engineering Recruiting and Training, I am working to hire the best developers in the world and making sure that they fit in a way that preserves FactSet's social culture. It's not just the skills we have at FactSet, but the combination of people that has ensured our success.

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Eric, Director, Product Development (and former Consultant), 13 years

I have had the opportunity to be so many things at FactSet; I started off as a Consultant and eventually became the Consulting Manager. Then I switched gears into Product Development. In only six years I moved from Product Manager to Senior Product Manager, and now I'm a director of a product group!

I learned about the Consultant position at FactSet at my college's career fair. I became interested because I thought the products were fantastic. FactSet was a unique company that understood the workflow and problems of asset managers and investment bankers. Years later, it's thriving in a niche developing applications that provide the data and models that financial professionals need to make investment decisions. I liked that it was a job that allowed me to apply my background in finance and interests in programming to help our clients use and customize our software.

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I came to FactSet from another company in the industry. I knew FactSet had a real-time data effort going, but FactSet was still pretty early in the process. Because the products seemed young, I felt I could make a difference in those products with my industry knowledge.

Aside from FactSet's direction and promise of growth, the culture appealed to me. I could tell that FactSet's culture was different from the company I used to work for. From the top executives downward, FactSet is run like a family, but it's still very goal-oriented. All the executives started and professionally grew up here, so they really run the company like it's their own.

Now that I've been here for over four years, I can also see a FactSet personality, which is nice and reasonable, but also extremely competent. There's a unique attitude here. For example, we don't have an executives-only floor. Our top executives are mixed in with everyone else so they stay accessible. Just walk into a kitchen in one of our offices — the friendly but professional way people interact isn't common!

My goal as a FactSetter is to grow the presence of our real-time products, compete with the best, and even take market share. It's exciting knowing that the better our products do, the more opportunities will arise for me and everyone around me.

In addition to having some great experiences in the office, I've also had some fun outside of work. Playing on the FactSet basketball team was fun, but my favorite activity might've been when I shaved my head in support of Team FactSet at Relay For Life! Our team asked three of us (including the CFO!) to agree to shave our heads if the team raised certain amounts of money for the American Cancer Society. I agreed to do it if the team raised $20,000. The team hit over the $25,000 mark, so all three of us had our heads shaved in front of our coworkers!

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Back in 1995, I found FactSet somewhat by chance. I wasn't really looking for a new position but saw an intriguing ad in my local newspaper (yes, newspaper!). I followed up and went through several rounds of interviews. Everything seemed to click from the very beginning. My prospective manager and I discussed opportunities at innovation that I knew would be afforded to me at few other places. When I visited the office, I could see that the company made an effort to ensure the environment for employees was comfortable and pleasant. I met many people who seemed equally interested in ensuring that FactSet was a good fit for me in addition to assessing my qualifications for the position. Everybody impressed me with their intelligence, the level of involvement with their work, and dedication to the company. On a more personal level, I genuinely liked everyone I met.

I started in the Documentation group and attended Consulting training and worked on the client support desk for a while. I really enjoyed talking to our clients and was quite impressed with our client roster. One thing that was so different from most service experiences I had previously was that the answers to nearly all client requests were affirmative. A client would call looking for a particular piece of data and we almost always offered it. I was also really impressed with the turnaround time for new features in our software and the quality of work produced by our engineering team.

Although I enjoyed writing documentation, I moved into the Product Development group about a year after joining FactSet. As a product developer, I am always kept busy creating new features for our software. I believe my work has a positive impact on the client experience.

It has been very exciting to be a part of FactSet's huge growth. In a lot of good ways, the company has stayed much the same. It's fun to reminisce at the annual get together with my 1995 Consulting classmates. I work with some frequently, but there are others who I don't see as often, so it is great to catch up.

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Demetry, Manager, Director, Network Engineering, 7 years

I had the opportunity to work for several large, big name corporations, but FactSet was my choice. I was attracted to FactSet's social and engineering cultures and knew that FactSet would be a fun, rewarding place to work. I also knew that my career would benefit from the top-notch system and application technology. More than seven years later, I feel that I was correct on both accounts.

I've worked on the design of several innovative networks at FactSet: the campus LAN in Norwalk and the high speed, high capacity optical networks in our global POPs, storage area network extension between data centers.

The FactSet culture fosters a wonderful professional and social atmosphere. FactSet has a collection of some of the smartest folks around. We're all subject matter experts in our respective fields. I have many friends at FactSet — we get together for picnics, barbeques, and sports. The combination of these factors creates a fun environment in which success comes naturally.

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Lisa, Vice President, Knowledge Management (and former Consultant), 8 years

I started at FactSet as a Consultant, then moved into technical writing. I now manage our Knowledge Management department. Throughout my diverse career here, I have been constantly impressed by my coworkers. FactSetters are highly motivated and enthusiastic about the products and services we offer to our clients. We work hard but also value the need for personal enjoyment inside and outside the office. The company treats its employees well and offers many opportunities for growth. Because of this environment and the great people I work with, coming to work everyday is easy.

Because we are a motivated group of people, we love to be challenged by our clients' needs. When I was in Consulting, I had an investment banking client that manually compiled price charts, graphs, and company reports for hundreds of companies into a single report to present monthly to upper management. Using FactSet's software and macros in Excel, we were able to create a report the client could produce in minutes. The gratitude we received for automating this task was well worth the effort of the project.

I have gotten to know my coworkers on a more personal level through a variety of extracurricular activities. In particular, I have played softball with FactSet on both co-ed and women's teams. Once, while visiting our office in London, I even got to play a game with our FactSet team overseas!

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Consultants

Melissa, Consultant (and former intern), 2 years

When I was looking for a place to start my career, I was looking for something I could do in finance other than working for one of the big banks, but I didn’t know what the opportunities were. FactSet seemed like a great alternative, and I thought it would get my foot in the door in finance. So before my senior year, I interned at FactSet. After a few weeks I knew I didn’t want to find another company.

Once I accepted the Consultant position, I told my college roommate about FactSet, and now we both work here! She sits right next to me, and we went through training together.

One of the reasons I was attracted to FactSet was because the company encourages continual learning. They support you if you want to get your CFA certification or take classes. And FactSet was more flexible than the other companies I interviewed with — I knew I could create my own path here in areas I liked.

I think the best part of working here is how much people are willing to help you. When you’re new, everyone understands what you’re going through and they will help answer your questions. That’s the first thing you notice about FactSet: you’re never alone. It’s like Team FactSet! Part of that feeling comes when you go through training. You meet other people and you go out and play football or jog, or just work on your projects together. And when you start working that camaraderie continues.

This summer my Consulting team had a scavenger hunt to celebrate meeting our goals this year. We started in Washington Square Park and ran around the city, then had dinner together after. It was so much fun!

Long term, I’d definitely like to stay in the company. Right now I just want to learn as much as I can and find the part of FactSet that I love most so I can pursue that area. My major goal is just to ask as many questions as possible so I can become someone others come to for answers.

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Jon, Consultant, 1 year

I started as a FactSet Consultant in July 2007. New hire training was great because I got to meet a lot of great people from all around the world. Training is a great transition because it really gives you the tools necessary to be a successful Consultant.

My job is exciting because I get to meet with different clients ranging from CEOs to analysts and understand their workflow. There aren’t many jobs where you can start off getting as much respect from a CEO or portfolio manager as you do working here.

I also love that we are given a lot of responsibility right away. You are given big accounts and time to work on them on your own, knowing that help is always available if you need it.

I play on the FactSet soccer team in a local corporate league. I like that there are opportunities at FactSet in and out of the office to meet a lot of diverse people. Whether it’s a regional sales manager or the head of engineering, you get to spend time with people other than the Consultants sitting immediately around you. That work life balance is important, and FactSet understands that.

I just graduated from Carnegie Mellon last year, and I think FactSet is a great choice for graduates. The people here make it an enjoyable place to work and the culture contributes to FactSet’s success.

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Christina, Consultant, 1 year

I was looking for jobs online when I discovered the FactSet website. It looked like there were a lot of opportunities at the company. I got to take a look at the benefits page. FactSet looked like a company that really took care of their employees. I applied and was called for an interview.

I was a member of the July 2007 training class. It was nice getting to meet everyone from the other offices. Everyone in my class got together really well. We hung out after work together too. I liked that we all were starting together on the same day and learning everything together. It made for a very smooth transition.

I have been a Consultant for a year now. Every day is different, but I’m always dealing with clients, whether it’s on the phone or through help desk or preparing for upcoming visits.

My favorite thing about being a Consultant is getting to work with a new client. You see FactSet start out at the client and watch our company move through the different client departments. It’s so interesting getting to know all the users in all the groups. You see FactSet grow. It’s fun to be a part of and amazing to watch.

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Donell, Consultant, 1 year

I first heard about FactSet from my finance professor in college. It sounded like a great company and an excellent opportunity, so I applied. I have been a Consultant for a year now.

A consultant’s workflow throughout the day usually consists of three things: project work, setting up client visits, and internal meetings. I would say most of our time is spent working on various projects or reports for clients. The rest of our day is spent usually coordinating with our clients to set up client visits and preparing for those visits. I’m usually out of the office two or three days a week, so I’m always working on something different.

FactSet offers so many opportunities to get involved with co-workers outside of the office. There are corporate outings, charity events, and sports teams. I plan on joining the corporate basketball team this year.

FactSet gives you a great exposure to the finance industry. You interact with all the players, from CEOs to interns. Working as a Consultant allows me to see the company from a lot of different angles, and get to know our software really well. It’s a great area to start working

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Aleisha, Consultant, 1 year

My college roommate got a job working at FactSet in the Human Resources department as a Recruiting Coordinator. She told me about the company, and openings for Consultant positions. She really liked the company and it sounded like I would fit in there too.

Whenever I’m not on a visit, or working on projects, I check in with my Sales team to keep up with my clients. I also work on the Support Desk, taking calls from clients who need help. I work on their issues with them and follow up with them later. I treat all clients the same, whether I am specifically assigned to their accounts, or assisting them on the Support Desk.

The most interesting project I have worked on so far was creating a report to be used in Company Explorer that covered 20 years’ worth of data for EPS and Sales Estimates. It required codes that I never used before, and it was a great learning experience. I know that this is a place where my career can grow and I can learn a lot about the industry.

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Faraz, Consultant, 1 year

I was a computer engineer and math major at Syracuse University when FactSet came to my school. They told me all about the Consulting position. I was interested, but I had a few other opportunities to think about. I came in to Norwalk for a second round interview and everyone I met was so inviting. Finance wasn’t my major, but I loved being at FactSet so much that I chose to come and learn more about finance, and now I can’t imagine myself anywhere else.

FactSet is great because all your experiences are so different. When you work with smaller companies, you get to know the users very well. You get very close to them, from the analyst to the CEO, and you really understand their process. With larger firms it’s different, but it’s great too because you get to see such an expanse of things.

At FactSet there is such a friendly environment. Learning takes place on a daily basis. There are always people to teach you, all you have to do is ask.

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Software Engineers

Hasan, Software Engineer, 2 years

While I was in school at the University of Connecticut I signed up for an info session with FactSet. The Director of Engineering Recruiting and Training was the FactSet representative, and the fact that it was the Director who came to campus was something that really impressed me.

In the summer of 2006 I took part in the new hire training as a trainee. Then, the following winter, I participated in training as a trainer. FactSet’s environment is so open and horizontal; you don’t need to move vertically to move. The dynamic really wasn’t all that different moving from trainee to trainer. It becomes less of “I’m the trainer, you’re the trainee,” and more of a discussion of a new technology, more of an idea exchange than a lesson plan.

Now, I work on one of our database technologies, and I work under the man who created it. He’s an absolute genius. It’s like working under a professor in a research lab. I am constantly learning. It’s so amazing to be able to work so closely with someone who is so talented. You see someone who fathered a technology 21 years ago that has yet to be done well by anyone else. To see that man walking around the office, to be able to just ask him your questions whenever you want, that’s amazing.

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Nasir, Software Engineer (and former intern), 5 years

I applied to be a Software Engineering intern at FactSet in May 2003. During the interview process I got to meet some great people and saw the culture of FactSet Software Engineering firsthand. Accepting my internship offer was a no-brainer. My top project choice was Product Usability, which involved evaluating a large number of FactSet's products for usability issues, making recommendations for changes, and implementing them as appropriate. Both FactSet as a company and the project itself were perfect fits for me.

The internship experience made me apply the concepts I had learned in class to the real world. I even came away with a few that I never would have learned in school: diplomacy, standing behind my opinions, and the challenges that a software company faces when creating and maintaining a product.

After my internship was over, I worked remotely for FactSet during the school year, eventually returning to work here full-time. The lessons I learned during those three intern months equipped me with the skills to lead a User Experience movement within the company. Recently, my role has expanded from providing opinions as a usability analyst. I now lead an initiative to help people across the globe design products that work for people.

If you're thinking of interning or working for FactSet, don't think twice. The environment here feels as laid back as a startup without the crazy hours, and you have a stable company to back it up!

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Danielle, Senior Software Engineer, 3 years

I first found out about FactSet on my school’s careers website. It sounded interesting and like a really good blend of my two majors: computer science and economics. I have been a Software Engineer at FactSet for three years now. Right now I’m working on a total rewrite of an application interface. Basically I’m taking the knowledge I’ve accumulated in the past two years and working with my Product Developer to see what users like and dislike about the product. From that, we will create a new product with an improved interface for clients. It’s pretty cool to see that all come together.

As FactSet expands its global footprint and is in Europe and Asia, we get opportunities to work with diverse people, both remotely and on site. Being able to share ideas across oceans is pretty cool and goes a long way to improving our products.

I’ve been working with a group in London; they bring a different perspective. It helps us because they have different ways to look at problems that maybe we hadn’t considered.

FactSet is a really well grounded company, with a long history of success, but it still feels small. The work you do here gets noticed and can have an effect on FactSet as a whole. The changes you make will really be noticed by clients. Because we are growing, we still have so many opportunities. That’s what is so great about working here.

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Tim, Software Engineer, 6 months

After attending a FactSet info session at Carnegie Mellon University, I was invited for an on campus interview, where I got my first feel for the company. I liked what I saw and felt really comfortable in the interview.

I started as a Software Engineer in January of 2008. In April, I got to attend the global Engineering Conference. The conference was great. It really allowed me to see FactSet in a broader perspective. In training it became obvious that FactSet is full of a lot of diverse people. I enjoyed the experience of being in Norwalk during training. I liked being able to see smart people as they become more senior and learning from all of their experience. The conference was similar in that way. I got to see the friends I made during training and all those smart people sharing more knowledge with me.

FactSet is a great place to work because of the community. There is a really talented and diverse group of people working here. The more you interact with them the more you can gain from them. There is so much to learn from our community, twiki, conference calls, or just walking to someone’s office and asking for help. Everyone here has tremendous talent and experience and they are always willing to lend you advice.

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Kristin, Software Engineer, 1 year

I first heard of FactSet while at the University of Michigan. One of my teaching assistants had just accepted a position at FactSet as a software engineer. She told me that she really liked what she had seen from FactSet, so I stopped at the company’s booth at the career fair at school.

I interned with FactSet last summer, and it didn’t take me long to realize I’d like to work here. I had a lot of fun and met a lot of great people over the summer, and I really liked the working environment. When I did get an offer, I didn’t even consider other companies before accepting.

I liked training — it was like a refresher of the things I’d learned in college that I would really be concentrating on here. And I got to meet people that would be working at other offices, so I have friends all over now.

Now I’ve been here for a year and I feel like I have learned so much in my position. I have become the lead engineer on a client facing product and have had the opportunity to work on several other products as well. When I started, I was looking forward to learning and eventually making projects my own. I feel like I have accomplished that now, and can't wait to continue learning about our products.

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Sean, Senior Software Engineer, 4 years

My interview with FactSet on Carnegie Mellon's campus piqued my interest, but my interview in FactSet's headquarters sealed the deal for me. It gave me a great opportunity to meet a lot of very nice people, who were more than willing to pass on what they like about the company. I'm now involved in training so I can continue this tradition.

My very first project after training was to design and build a URL Processor. This was the beginning of hyperlinks for our software and has really taken off in the past few years. It gives you a boost when you see so many people embracing something you worked on.

Every day, I strive to learn something new. I've learned more in the past two years than I could have ever imagined. Another goal is to be a resource for others, as they are for me. I've found so many people ready to give you a hand when something is unclear to you, so I make it a priority to do the same for others.

The absolute best part about working at FactSet is the people. I've made many friends in my three years here. We have an intelligent and hard working team, but we also know how to work hard and play hard. I am constantly impressed with this company's collective intellect.

My favorite set of activities are the social events we run twice a year for New Hire Engineer Training. Once a week for five weeks, the whole group comes together to welcome our new hires. From pool tournaments to bowling outings, happy hours, or a trip to Six Flags, we really like to show the new Engineers a good time and enjoy ourselves in the process.

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Michael, Software Engineer, 6 months

In my first interview, the recruiter told me about a group at FactSet that was doing exactly what I was working on in graduate school. He had me fly out and interview in New York with the group. When I got the offer I said yes because the group that I got hired into was doing work that I was very interested in. Since I was already very familiar with what they were doing, we had a great dialogue in the interview. That connection left a really good memory.

I started as a Software Engineer at FactSet in January 2008. FactSet has incredible Engineers; they’re on par with some of the best engineers is the business. Several members of my team are PhDs. That is really rare in the industry.

The availability of talent here creates an environment where learning happens every day. I learned more about programming languages in training and on the job at FactSet than I did in school. That surprised me. In school I learned a lot about C++ but here, in the training, I learned how to apply new features of C++ that I hadn’t learned in school. FactSet takes a base of knowledge that you acquired in school and takes it to a whole new level.

FactSet made the list of FORTUNE’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” and it belongs there. I worked for another top 100 company and there was something important that they have in common. The companies are concerned with the well-being of their employees as well as their clients.

We have tremendous benefits here, like free lunch and generous vacation days in your first year. The hours are somewhat flexible and the medical package is so strong. Overall the company really takes care of its employees. When you have a company that obviously cares about you, it instills confidence.

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Kevin, Software Engineer, 1 year

I was at a career fair at the University of Michigan when I saw a friend of mine at the FactSet booth. She started telling me all about the company, and after our conversation I decided to apply.

I have been a Software Engineer at FactSet since July 2007. I really enjoyed training because I made a lot of friends. Everyone is starting on the same day; everyone is going through the experiences of starting a new job together. That creates bonds, and it also makes the transition into work easier. Training also gave us a really good understanding of all the different technology at FactSet.

Right now I’m working on developing databases for fixed income products for different data vendors. It’s been a challenge to figure out how to store a lot of data efficiently while maintaining the integrity of the data.

Something I really like at FactSet is that I’m always logged into one of our IRC channels. Engineers from all over the company log into it, and it’s a great opportunity to share not only laughs but also to understand what everyone else is doing.

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Network and Systems Engineers

Michael, Security Engineer, 3 years

I have been a Security Engineer at FactSet since August 2005. Part of my job at FactSet is creating training modules to make everyone more security aware. We give everyone a way to integrate our security into their work, not just a book of rules. I have gotten to travel to other offices to let everyone know how we do our work. We have improved security and made it more global.

Right now I am updating our security center and data centers and adding new technology to them. It can be daunting because I’m touching devices that are the front line for all of our applications; you have to be careful and test a lot and check yourself again and again.

What I like about working for FactSet is the culture. It is different in that there are a lot of smart, driven people who all seem to push each other to be better and towards a common goal. There is a unique collaboration that tends to go on here. We strive to work ahead of the curve rather than to wait and react. I am eager to get up and come to work now. I spend more of my day thinking FactSet things than I did at my previous job, and that is what leads to the creation of new ideas or the improvements of old processes.

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I chose to be a FactSet Engineer because FactSet is not only on the cutting edge of technology and product development, but the company's culture, people, and atmosphere really appealed to me. I love getting to explore new ideas and technologies while working alongside some of the brightest and best in the engineering field.

I've been able to work on many new and existing projects, including troubleshooting a client's network and being able to resolve a problem their own technical staff could not. We work to constantly improve our client support infrastructure and keep offering solutions to make a client's work day easier.

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Product Managers/Specialists

Jackie, Senior Product Manager (and former Consultant), 8 years

Lucky for me, I learned about FactSet through a friend who attended a neighboring college's career fair. She suggested I submit my resume and said it was the perfect job for me. After an interview with Eric and a trip to our headquarters in Connecticut, I began my journey!

I have had the great experience of growing in the Consulting group and then furthering my growth when I joined Product Development. I started as a Product Developer, working on the integration of one of our proprietary databases. Now I am a Senior Product Manager working with a team on several of our proprietary databases.

One of the main products I work on now has given me exposure to building a product from the ground up and has continued my learning about our clients, our products, and the industry, which is extremely important to me. From my background in Consulting, I learned how important it is for me to understand all aspects of our clients' workflows so we can provide the most useful products and make FactSet our clients' number one resource.

Through all of the projects I have worked on, it has been a very exciting and rewarding experience watching the growth of the products and meeting directly with our clients to shape our applications to their needs.

In addition to all the experience and knowledge I have gained, I have met many great people at FactSet. When interviewing, the people at FactSet really stood out and made me want to join the team. As we have grown, those I started with moved to other groups but we stay in touch and remember our great days in Consulting!

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Before working at FactSet, I had worked in both the financial industry and the software consulting industries and really wanted to find a combination of these two businesses. Most of the head hunters I spoke with at the time told me I would have to choose between working for a financial company or a software company. Turns out that they were wrong; I joined FactSet as a Consultant and found that FactSet was the perfect fit for me because it combined the two.

I'm now working in Product Development on FactSet's Portfolio Analytics product suite. After a few years, I recognized a new potential market in supplying better analytics to our growing base of hedge fund clients. I've been lucky enough to work with our existing and new hedge fund clients in building a better product focused on them as this industry evolves.

The best part of working at FactSet has been being part of a fast growing company. It's a very dynamic and entrepreneurial environment with a lot of highly motivated and talented people. The growth has opened up many opportunities for me to branch out in new directions that may not have been as readily available in larger companies.

In addition to working together in the office, my coworkers and I have run road races together. I've had a lot of fun running races with Team FactSet in a number of organized running events around New York City, such as the Revlon Run and the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge. These inspired a few of us to try running the New York City Marathon this year.

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Tanvi, Product Developer, 7 years

I was a FactSet Engineer for five years. As an Engineer, you are always placed on multiple projects so you get exposed to different technologies and ideas. As the company grows, there are new opportunities available where you would be able to find interesting work and new experiences with a different team.

IBCentral is our product geared for investment bankers. We are constantly adding new features and redefining how our traditional product was created. Our team works together pretty closely and we help each other figure out solutions to new problems. It has been really exciting watching our client base grow! My confidence in our products increases every time I meet a FactSet user outside of the office — they always tell me what a great product it is. I want every client to think that.

Another great part of being an Engineer here is the annual software Engineering softball game where the whole department comes out to play. The games are played under the lights right at the end of summer. A FactSetter starts the games off by singing the national anthem! We play two games, the first non-competitive, the second, a competition where the winning team gets their name engraved on a trophy. But before the event can start, there are a lot of outrageous e-mails boasting who will win, and after the game, there is always a denial of the loss by the defeated team!

Last year, I took on a new position in Product Development. What I learned in Engineering helped me transition to this exciting new role.

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Sales

Lauren, Account Executive (and former Consultant), 2 years

I found out about FactSet when a FactSetter came to my Student Managed Fund class at Trinity University in Texas. I knew as soon as I finished my interviews that this was the place I wanted to work. The culture is second to none – it’s no wonder why we are one of FORTUNE’s “100 Best Companies to Work For”! Since I’ve started working at FactSet, I have been fortunate to be a part of the recruiting process and go back to Trinity to help recruit.

I started as a Consultant and I have since moved into an Account Executive/Sales role. I really enjoyed being a Consultant because of the responsibility and autonomy I had, and I got to work with clients on a regular basis.

One of my favorite things about FactSet is that no matter what position you’re in, you’re always surrounded by talented people who are just as excited as you are to be a part of the FactSet team.

I recently moved to our newest sales office. It’s important for us to have offices near our clients so we can provide the highest level of service. It’s going to be really exciting to see our office grow over the next few years!

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Young Mi, Sales Specialist (and former Consultant), 7 years

I found FactSet at a career fair in college and was invited to interview. Before my interview, I did my research and found that the company had a really good growth path. I knew I wanted to be a part of a company that I could grow with and make a difference.

I followed my instincts and I didn’t go wrong. There are so many opportunities at FactSet, and as long as you work hard, you will be rewarded and be able to choose your own way.

I started as a Consultant, then I went into Specialty Consulting for one of our Production Services products. In that role, I was involved in client processes and the details of their workflows. I liked working more intimately with the clients, getting to know the details of their day-to-day and really concentrating on select projects. About a year ago, I moved into Sales. I wanted to challenge myself in different ways and see the other side of supporting our clients. With Consulting, we’re always answering “how?” With Sales, now I’m answering “why?”

The best thing about working here is the people, hands down. Everyone makes you feel like you play an important role, like you’re a part of the puzzle.

Outside the office, I was part of our office volleyball team, and I’ve participated in the JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge, which is a lot of fun. FactSet sponsors a lot of fun and charity events, so there’s always something going on.

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Terrance, Institutional Sales (and former Consultant), 7 years

I graduated with a major in Management Information Systems and wanted to pursue a career where I could use this background. FactSet was the perfect mix of technology and finance. The people I met during the on-campus and on-site interviews were all loved with the company they worked with and for. I wanted to be a part of that culture as a Consultant.

After moving on to the Sales team, I still feel that both the colleagues I see in the office and the clients I work with are positive influences that make it easy for me to go to work everyday. The product itself, which I support and sell, is innovative and ever-changing for the better.

A cool and fulfilling project that I worked on for one particular client was an automated routine that replicated the hours of work this client performed a few times a week. The result was a finished report that could be created or updated in under three minutes!

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Ryan, Account Executive, 2 years

I saw a FactSet informational session at my college where a Consulting Manager was talking about applications and opportunities at the company. I saw a revenue growth chart and thought, “Wow, I need to be part of a company growing this fast.”

I joined FactSet in June of 2006 as a Consultant currently, I am an Account Executive. My move from Consulting to Sales has shown me what you can really do at FactSet.

I also enjoy the extra-curricular opportunities available at FactSet. I play basketball in the winter and slow pitch softball in the summer, and I participate in the JPMorgan Corporate Chase Challenge. It’s really cool to be part of a company where people are so eager to participate in activities like these. JPMorgan Corporate Chase Challenge is definitely one of my favorites because I get to see 75 people I work with all getting together to run for a great cause. It’s really inspiring.

You can come into the office everyday and see the same people, but once you’re out on a court or running five miles with someone you work with, it’s such a different experience. I really appreciate that FactSet gives us the opportunity to interact with employees as teammates. That dynamic definitely improves the workplace experience too.

With our generation everyone is thinking, “What’s the next job?” or “Where’s the next company?” I feel lucky that at FactSet I’ve found a place where I can see myself for the long term.

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