Isn;t that the truth? It is a useless major. I would advise anyone to NOT WASTE ONE DIME on a Finance degree. What the hell are you going to do with it? ****I am a finance major and everything I learned in college was garbage and a waste of money.
I am in a very similar position I have been offered a position at the CBOT Its at USA trading ( a division of Man) They don't ask you to put any money in. They train you for 6 weeks and after that you "go live" Initially you trade 20 contracts at a time. (mostly t-bills but you have the choice of trading commodities like gold later) They raise the amount of contracts you can trade as time goes on. Is this a good offer?
Take the job, if you're interested in trading. A risk manager will always be hovering nearby, more than likely via computer monitoring your trades (the "risk manager" may be a program). You will get to trade more if you show that you're successful.