Trader for Bunge, Cargill, ADM

[milktruck]

I was curious what you can make working as a grain/sugar/etc trader for a big ag firm. I know its not day trading exactly but I really like the business and wonder if it would be lucrative and if anyone here knew about pay scales.

 

[rosy2]

i think thats a great business. IMO, its more deal making than how trading but that allows for a human to do it. as for money, I dont know but look at Marc Rich who traded physical oil and metals. You can make good money

 

[psytrade]

There is a story in "invisible hands" - stephen drobny's new macro trading book about a woman who worked at Cargill for a while and really became a highly paid hedge fund manager after. The interviewers aren't mentioned by name, but it sounds like a good career builder place.

It seems to me that she was recommending the Company from my reading of the article..

 

[milktruck]

Quote from psytrade:

There is a story in "invisible hands" - stephen drobny's new macro trading book about a woman who worked at Cargill for a while and really became a highly paid hedge fund manager after. The interviewers aren't mentioned by name, but it sounds like a good career builder place.

It seems to me that she was recommending the Company from my reading of the article..

Yeah thats kind of my plan, in a way.

Im actually working for one of the big 3 above as an intern, I just havent gotten to the point where I can ask about full time salary. I found some reports of 70k + 20k bonus on one of those sites that collects data, which I could live with but Id still have a wandering eye come graduation next year.

Seriously, very interesting business. If I can get into their LDP and make closer to $100k Id pledge my soul to the man and be a happy corporate cog for the next 5 years at least, which is the most Ive committed to anything in my short and shallow life!