Hello,
Currently a freshman in college at Texas A&M, I am sure this question has been answered before but I would like yalls advice on the future prospects and exit opportunities of both Investment Banking and Natural Gas trading. My mentor runs the gas trading floor at Conoco in Houston and makes great money but from what I have been reading the future of it may be bleak.
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If you're a freshman in college, why are you thinking about exit opportunities for IB and gas trading? What a strange world this is.
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