u/Proper-Vanilla-8030

Hi guys,

I know the general consensus is “doing a masters will not help you break into the industry”, but feel like my non-stem background is kind of different.

I’m a final year at LSE, non-stem, humanities degree. Wanted to work in startups, but culture was too soft and unstructured.

Not going to delve into my interest of commodities, but I don’t have direct work experience on my CV that displays I am interested beyond data analysis projects for a hedge fund guy that trades commodities.

I’m targeting back/middle office roles at trading houses, but I haven’t seen a single job posting that doesn’t have requirements for a relatively quantitative degree (I.e. econ, finance, cs). Therefore, with my humanities degree, I feel pretty hopeless in getting past the screening stage.

I have an offer for a masters in accounting and Finance at LSE. I would have to go into a lot more debt to fund it and I would rather just work as I feel very done with formal education. But it does then give me that quantitive stamp of approval that would enable me to get to an interview.

I am very comfortable with maths and happy to teach myself/do quantitative projects, but there seems to still be that barrier of not having the right undergrad degree to indicate that I’m suitable.

What do you guys think? Should I just continue grinding away, showing I’m passionate about the industry and try and get my foot in the door that way, or is it worth considering this masters to show that I can handle numbers?

Right now, I’m leaning away from the masters, but would like a second opinion from people in the industry.

Still giving out offers apparently - May 14th.

Already at LSE for undergrad, but got denied funding so can’t accept offer lol.

I’m broke!

Just wanted to post to let people know offers are still going out.

Looking for advice on anything I can do to differentiate myself. Only realised this was what I wanted at the start of this year so I’m playing catch up. No connections in the industry, nothing on my CV shows interest in commodities, and the uni commodity society analyst positions were already filled by the time I found out about it.

Previously was focused on startups, interned at an AI company, so now pivoting hard. Particularly interested in oil but open to anything in the space.

Currently doing:

•	Reading everything I can (Commodities Demystified, The World for Sale, The Prize, etc.)

•	Networking with traders and ops people + alumni in the industry

•	Cold emailing smaller trading houses for shadowing/internships

•	Writing Substack articles on supply chain dynamics

Any projects I could undertake and put on my CV? Something that actually demonstrates interest beyond “I read some books.”

Really struggling to find actual experience or shadowing opportunities. Want to find something over summer so I have real experience when I apply to grad schemes in the autumn. Otherwise I’m cooked.

If anyone is in London and willing to have a quick call or coffee, or knows of any shadowing opportunities, please reach out. Happy to buy the coffee.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Hi r/commodities,

For seasoned traders, this may be a ridiculously stupid or obvious trader. However, I’m just a naive university student wanting to learn more about the industry.

As the title asks, do physical traders actually utilise cash and carry as an arbitrage strategy or is Claude sending me down a stupid route.

Trying to learn as much as possible.