I am currently struggling a bit with my future career path. Because job opportunities in the energy sector are limited in my country, I am trying to identify alternative routes. However, I do not want to stop working on energy markets and the sector itself. For me, it seems somewhat easier to enter the finance industry. Which department within finance would best support this long-term goal? I have been thinking that starting in a treasury department might be helpful, since it is directly related to monetary conditions and financial management. What do you think about this? If there is no direct path into energy markets, how should I build an alternative route that would still move me toward that objective?

I see many students who want to stay home and so they ask for remote work all the time. Also I see many who go to work and do not dress well. Here is the truth for the job: Truth1: Go 3-4 times every week to the office so others see you. Your presence is very important. Smile and be professional. This plays a role for your promotion. If you stay home most of the time, you will not be promoted and people will forget you. Truth2: Do not use AI a lot at workplace because every computer has trackers and gives your managers a distribution of time (with plots) of how much you used AI and for how long. There is a software (hidden) that summarises your activity on the computer at work. So be careful : if they see that you cannot write code, and all you do is copy-paste from Chat GPT the code, they will fire you sooner or later. Silently one day they will fire you and they will not tell you why most likely. Be careful. Also you can use it on your phone, but it is time consuming.. Ofcourse they have AI tools but you must write code yourself. Truth3: If you go to non-code positions, it is more stressful and more competitive than code positions. Often, you get lower salary also. Because people in energy are scared of coding, and do not like it. So you get an advantage if you can code , understand code etc. Not super . Just basic things. Eg understand Python . Understand ML. etc Truth4: Do not share personal stories with co-workers. They are competing with you for promotion so they want you to fail ... Be careful. Do not share sensitive things. Truth5: Becareful of your social media presence. Managers spy on you e.g. they have fake profiles and are your friends. They will find your second, third etc profiles. They can find your anonymous X profile where you troll people . They have the ability to find you because they have software tools that you do not know . Truth6: yes the online courses here are all you need. But please fix your CV. Align it with energy companies. Do not just design your CV yourself. Get feedback here. Most CVs look rubbish. Try work on your CV carefully.

See the plot. You must explain what is happening. Source: JP Morgan round1 , February 2026. - What is the key conclusion ? Answer: oil prices are very sensitive to major global events. - Oil Prices why would they fall? Answer : When there is a global crisis that slows down the economy (like a recession or a pandemic), people travel less and factories slow down. Because the world needs less oil, the price drops. - Oil Prices why would they Rise? Answer: When there is a war or conflict, especially in areas that produce a lot of oil, markets panic that the global oil supply will be cut off, causing prices to spike. - Explain what we see on 1 Sept. 2008: Answer: When the global financial crisis hit, the global economy crashed, causing the demand for oil to become extremely low. - Explain the 2 March 2020 : When the world went into covid lockdown, travel stopped and industries paused. Because nobody was using fuel, the price of oil plummeted to the lowest ( $20 a barrel). - Explain 3. Feb. 2022 : Russia is one of the world's largest oil producers. When the war started, countries feared Russian oil would be cut off from the market. This panic caused the price to immediately spike back over $100. - Explain 4. Feb. 2026 : Iran sits right next to the Strait of Hormuz, where a massive portion of the world's oil is shipped. Because of the conflict, the market is scared that this vital shipping lane will close, causing a sharp spike in prices.

I share a recent interview question asked by Baringa (this is a consulting company focused strongly on energy, utilities, and the energy transition). From a student forum / database (for internship). The question was: 'Why do some renewable power plants continue generating electricity even when electricity prices turn negative? and when do prices become negative ? do you know any example? '

The goal of this group is to help you secure a rewarding career in the energy sector, whether you are aiming for the corporate world or academia. You will achieve this through a personalized curriculum that teaches real-world coding and theory, explained in simple language. 🚀 The strategy for getting you hired is built on a proven, five-step framework: 1. Companies care about what you can do for them, not just what you know. Telling a recruiter, "I have read many books and have many degrees," isn't enough. They hire based on proven ability. The goal is to build a portfolio that shows exactly what you are capable of. 2. Therefore, you will create a professional GitHub account together with Dr Giannelos, to host your projects. You will develop projects simply by combining code from the online courses in this group. This way, you will build unique projects to showcase on your profile. 3. Great code needs a great presentation. For every project you build, you will include clean, nicely formatted code and clear, professional README files exactly following the format followed by energy companies. 4. Once your portfolio is ready, you will restructure your CV along with Dr Giannelos to highlight your new projects and skills and to align it with the various companies you are applying to. You will then send optimized CVs with cover letters to carefully selected opportunities in the industry / academia. When you are invited to interviews, you will receive Q&A that have been asked to such interviews from the specific company & role in the past, selected from our student databases. 5. Building the project isn't enough; you must deeply understand it. You need to know exactly what the code does and why it works. This will be achieved by i) writing the code in your laptop (e.g. using an IDE like PyCharm) as you watch it on screen in the online courses, and very often (even daily, including weekends) sending any questions you may have to Dr Giannelos or asking publicly via posts.