Tech to Finance

Hello,

I am a current freshman in one of the stronger dual-degree programs (Penn M&T/Berkeley

M.E.T.), and I am interning at Amazon this upcoming summer.

I wanted to go towards a career in finance as I feel it gives a little more security compared to the average SWE job. I don't mind the initial long hours, and I like being in an environment where I don't just sit and code all day. I was wondering how I should go about recruiting for my sophomore year to best leverage the Amazon internship, along with strong consulting club experience, an OK GPA (3.6+), and experience running an angel backed (~$15k) startup mostly on the business side. Do these two fields typically cross over nicely? Or should I just take what I got and become a SWE in the future?

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