-: So a few things, I mean, first of all,
understanding finance, and all these derivative models,
is really, really useful.
So anything like accounting, economics, finance,
actuarial science, those will all be great majors
if you're looking to get into this kind of business.
The other thing is learning a lot of technology.
I've, I came out of college not knowing any kind
of computer programming, or not even really knowing Excel.
Today I write a lot of VBA scripts.
I use R-Studio for programming,
and I'm learning Python and SQL.
So, learning those things, learning those tools,
is gonna be especially helpful
for anyone coming into this, where we are today
with the amount of data out there.
I think the thing that I found most valuable at Ball State,
that kind of brought me here, but not in a direct path,
was the Fed Challenge, that's a class you can take
as an econ major, or as a finance major, I think.
And you basically go to Chicago,
and you do a 15 minute presentation on the economy,
and then you take 15 minutes worth of questions
from actual Federal Reserve economists,
and you're judged against that.
We actually made it to the finals and I was here.
But that was something that,
understanding how those markets work,
and more so looking at interest rates.
First of all, MISO is nearby,
and you can go to their website
and check out what's going on in these markets.
They actually run the energy grid
for basically everything from Alberta, Canada
down to Louisiana, and then over from Ohio through Iowa.
So it's a very large organization that helps run a lot
of the energy grid in the United States,
and part of Canada, that's located in Carmel.
So you can check out the website
and go learn more about MISO.
Also, any kind of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal,
any kind of business publications can be really useful.
And just getting a general sense
about what's going on in the energy industry.