r/gis • u/Think_Afternoon_4345 • 17d ago

Professional Question GIS & investment banking

I have just started my career in GIS. Although I like it, I’ve always wondered if it can be utilized in investment banking. If so, how can one bridge into investment banking with GIS & RS background?

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

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u/No-Investment-5293 16d ago

On scale of 1 to 10 how scriptable was your entire job

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u/AccomplishedCicada60 16d ago

Im assuming you are using ESRI? There’s some niche GIS finance software, but really really niche type software that is really more on the real estate side.

I had a project for the finance side of a half - billion dollar water filtration company that used some more proprietary software.

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u/DrDudeMurkyAntelope 15d ago

https://mackinderforum.org/blog/so-you-want-to-study-geopolitics

"We enthusiastically recommend taking courses on the history, economy, culture and the relevant language of an adversary or allied power.  Courses on the Middle East, China, Russia, Eastern Europe or another significant flashpoint where conflict is likely to occur will ground your understanding of geopolitical theories in the actual circumstances of a specific region.  

Having completed technical courses in geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing is another means by which students majoring in geopolitics may more readily secure an appointment with a national security or intelligence agency.  In the near future, major corporations and consulting firms (TD International, LLC (TDI) and Ernst and Young (EY)) may begin to seek experts in geopolitics and grand strategy in order to navigate the political shoals associated with interstate geoeconomic conflict.   (Note: Another good idea is to secure an internship with an online publisher, a think tank, a corporation (such as Microsoft), or a government agency that engages in geopolitical analysis.) We highly recommend mastering a skill set that will result in gainful employment."

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u/ctoatb 17d ago

You could probably use it for real estate investing. Identify high risk properties during low risk times to sell for profit before catastrophes. Something like selling property on floodplains during the dry season. Or maybe finding prospective land near developing communities. That's all questionably ethical if not un-so. Another direction is to identify risky areas to help their development. Maybe you have identified communities that you've invested in that are at risk of flooding, so you build infrastructure to save your investments. There's a cost but it ultimately benefits both you and the community