<p>I just got a spot as a prop. trader. Will this look good on a resume? Prop trading isn't really a career option for me, as it has too high of an attrition rate.</p>
<p>Why would you think it wouldn't look good? </p>
<p>How good it looks depends on the firm. Will you be trading securities at GS? Or will you be doing it at a small local firm?</p>
<p>dude thats like the toughest job you can get at a bank coming out of undergrad. Did you really get a prop trading gig or you just trying to figure out if its a viable career option for this summer.</p>
<p>Huh? This isn't for Goldman Sachs, lol...I'm not talking about institutional S&T...this is contract trading for a smallish company. Basically, your paid a commision of your earnings. You trade on their ECNs....it's still not super easy to get a spot, I had to get a spot through a connection. But their isn't much regarding your GPA....they look more for your aptitude for poker, chess, general visual acuity, etc. There's about 6 weeks of training.</p>
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Huh? This isn't for Goldman Sachs, lol...I'm not talking about institutional S&T
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<p>But you could have been talking about this. You never specified. S&T involves proprietary trading.</p>
<p>If it's your only option for the summer then it's fine. Actually, anything involving finance is fine because it serves the purpose of showing future employers that you have a genuine interest in finance. Just make sure that for your junior year internship that you get into something that you plan on doing after you graduate.</p>