What I would do is take the ordinary and make it special. Like some of the above mentioned do a different take on things.

 

In the real world there is lots of interfacing with text files and legacy stuff. The guys sitting next to me write COBOL for our mainframe!

 

Personally I would tackle the trending aspect of it. Link currency trends with world events and past market news.

 

One person may see mold the other penicillin.