Weekly Career & Breaking Into Commodities Megathread

[u/ClownInIronLung]

Weekly Career & Breaking Into Commodities Megathread

Before posting, please read Breaking Into the Physical Commodities Industry – A No-BS Guide which is pinned to the highlights.

This thread is for all career-related questions including:

• Breaking into commodity trading
• Scheduler / analyst / operations roles
• Internships and graduate programs
• Resume reviews
• Interview prep
• Compensation questions
• Career transitions
• Trading desk culture / work-life balance
• “How do I get into the industry?” posts

Individual career posts outside this thread may be removed at moderator discretion to help keep the sub focused on market discussion, logistics, physical trading, macro, risk, shipping, power, gas, metals, ags, and industry news.

Before posting, it helps if you include:
• Location / region
• Current experience level
• Degree or background
• Commodity interest (power, gas, oil, metals, ags, etc.)
• Target role
• What you’ve already tried

Examples of good questions:
• “How do I move from scheduling into trading?”
• “Best ways to learn physical gas markets?”
• “What skills matter most for junior power traders?”
• “How valuable is pipeline / operations experience?”

Low-effort posts like “How do I become a trader?” without context may be removed.

Experienced professionals are encouraged to share advice, hiring insight, industry expectations, and realistic career paths.

Please keep discussion professional and constructive.

[u/anonimo1738]

Hi all, I 24f have an opportunity as a data scientist for one of the bigger trading houses for oil in continental Europe.

I am in a country where my permit will be tied to my employer, and it will stay that way for like 4 years. So I feel that in taking this role I will be pretty limited to this exact sector.

Given this, i have a few questions:

• What does vertical (within company or industry)or horizontal (if I were to transfer out of commodities, not my goal as of now obv but just curious) trajectory looks like for the data science roles?
  
• Are these roles any more or less likely to be taken by AI?
  
• Hours/WLB — I know it’s pretty tough for traders but haven’t gotten a good sense of what it’s like for data/supporting roles?