HF / ST Advice

Hi all,

I've seen this sort of thing asked loads, but I kinda have to ask as I'm pretty lost currently.

I'm going to be graduating from Oxbridge in 2 years, studying a humanities/social science. I'm really interested in the markets etc. so i thought s&t would be best with then a view of transitioning to HFs. Then, as has been asked many many times before, i see the whole 's&t is dying' situation etc. etc. Maybe you one of you could shed light on whether there is still a career left in trading (banks or HFs) for non-algo traders, but otherwise?

Thanks for helping out a lost student

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