Breaking out of engineering...

Ok - So basically I am at an English university studying engineering (as you may have already guessed) and although I thoroughly enjoy the course, as a career path I don't feel its necessarily for me.

I'm nearing the end of my second year and I'm considering some sort of work experience in trading. I have an internship arranged in a local university to me to work on some structural dynamics / engineering-y based stuff in matlab, I'm just reluctant to go through with this as it is going down a path which I have already told myself I want to stay clear of, so I am having second thoughts.

As I have read on a couple of the threads there are some very talented and experienced candidates out there who have actually traded themselves and could make me look like nothing down on paper...

I have left it too late to be able to apply for organised internships this summer. However, I am still very interested and am unsure about where to start and to be honest, what to do - Does anyone know of anywhere which could be offering unpaid internships, or any sort of websites where you can post your CV stating what you are looking for?

I would like to try some trading for myself also, but I don't have alot of money behind me as most of my money is going towards paying for university studies...

Any ideas/help/feedback would be much appreciated, Cheers.

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There are many posts like this on here and I think many if not all of them advise on completing education and learn about trading alongside. Don't quote me on that though.

Complete your degree, do well in it and it won't matter that it's engineering. Learn about trading on the side in your spare time. In fact, I can tell you from first-hand experience that good engineering graduates get ahead.

Put all your efforts into your studies... complete your degree... trading can wait.

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Complete your degree and study trading on the side(get a book, open a demo account etc). When you finish you will have the chance (if you get excellent marks) to go on to a MSC in Finance which will beef up your profile even if you don't get in to trading or decide to go in to a different area of Finance.

Engineering undergrad + Finance post grad + Learning about markets in your spare time = Good shot at getting into a very wide range of careers.

just start your own company and trade .

Ok cheers for the help guys... I was thinking of doing a MSc after my undergrad anyways, maybe I will drop down onto the BEng (instead of doing the MEng) then do Finance after 3 years of engineering.

Strangely enough over the past couple of days EDF Trading called me up but I missed the call as i was revising and have only just heard that they want to talk to me about my application (which I must have sent off 4 months ago now), anyone have any ideas about what they would ask if they interviewed me?

I went for an interview with EDF Energy a month ago or so and all of the questions were competency based and not at all technical... It took me back a bit and by the end I felt I was giving very wishy-washy answers, I found it hard to understand how they wanted me to give such incredible answers to questions concerning experience which I just don't have...

From what I have read, technical skills in trading are very valuable (almost as valuable as interpersonal skills) Is this true? What can I expect? And what should I know if they do ask me technical questions?

Thanks for all your reply's by the way.