re: Finance focused jobs with an engineering degree

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I am strongly reconsidering my career path and feel that now is the time to do that with my graduation date in December.

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None of the big houses will touch you right now. If you want to make a decent living and set up a career in financial planning I would suggest you start looking for a job in industrial sales. Look for a company that sells capital equipment, not supplies. You'll be calling on the higher-ups, aka the affluent/rich folks, and you can build relationships with them.

After 5-7 years of making more than your fellow entry-level engineers you can start applying to the big brokerage houses. They'll look at your contacts/relationships rather than your degree at that point and they will teach you how to manage a portfolio properly.

Edward Jones will only teach you how to make an initial sale.