For the more senior people on WSO,
Would you rather take a full-time offer w/ the Finance Division at an Investment Bank (Barclays/Deutsche/UBS level)
or
a Electric Trading Analyst gig at Hess/ExxonMobil/BP
assuming that I may want to eventually move into some sort of trading...just gauging the crowd...it's name + risky exit opps vs. no name and transferable skills.
if I pick trading...how difficult is it to switch to a different industry. how are the transferable skills w/in this kind of industry? Thanks in advance and your opinion is greatly appreciated.
Note: I know i already posted in Get a Job, but I figure I'd ask the traders straight up...sorry!
I'm just a student like you, but if I were in your shoes I would go with the job first and the name second. Pick trading analyst at hess/exon/mobil/bp.
There's always business school if you change your mind and want to change industries.
I would also go w/ the trading analyst position there is a lot of opportunity in scripting, strategy implementation, etc., and i think the experience you'll get there will be worth a lot more than the name of a bank if you're in Treasury/Finance.
Just my 2 cents though. Good luck and congrats!
It's not EXACTLY trading yet...any thoughts? Looking for more insight from the senior WSO-ers.
Thanks
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Hess and BP are very good shops. Head of both are former BB heads.
depends on your personality. trading analyst offers quite good prospects. plus the survivors of energy markets into the next year should be doing quite fine.
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