Internship Advice During the School Year.

Quick question any advice is welcome! I don't have the opportunity to not work while in school and to continue my goal of graduating without student loans I am looking for another internship. I'm interning right now in a BB commercial banking role, but I'm not learning anything and I'm kind of sick of it.

I have two options:

Corporate FP&A role: $10-15/hr ~ 30hrs/week = Pretty well known company went public a few months back.

Commodities Trader Assistant (trades on the CME): $25/hr ~ 20hrs/week = Small no name commodity company but pays really well, Head trader has been trading for 30+ years

I want don't want to end up in banking, but would like to get into Corporate Strategy/Dev. after an MBA.

What would be my best options?

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I'd go FP&A, try the Corporate Corral forum.

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