
This is software (AWS) generated transcription and it is not perfect.
Okay, So primarily, what I will say is I did a lot of things right, but still, things went wrong. That is how I would summarize it. Um, going into my sophomore year, I had to. I had to choose between an internship, which was, like a just a decent experience and then an unpaid internship, which wasa much better experience. And, um, I decided to take that on. The good thing is, my university at that point offered something called Reach Fun for which you can apply for extra Monday. So they paid me a little bit money to cover some of my summer expenses while I was doing an unpaid internship. But I did that so that I got my network to get my internship in my junior on with that I network to get my job for after graduation. The funny thing is, due to delays in my OPD. I lost that job after graduation because of my OPD was delayed so much they had to offer the job to someone else in that time. So now I am there. My OPI starts in August, and now, without a job, we have to start from the bottom And now I'm competing with people who have lay up to 5 to 6 months of experience going out. So I'm like, OK, this is gonna be fun. Um, good thing is Ah, I like So I have this principle where I understand that if I won't ask, I will never get an answer, which will be in my like which will help me out. So I message hundreds off people. Andi, hopefully about 10% respond and try and schedule a call with all of them. And, you know, the point is like sometimes you wouldn't know who recommends you somewhere in the behind. And if you will come to their mind if you think you're appropriate, they won't even tell you how the test, but and that somehow helps out. Like I got this job at Goldman size because it's recruiter reached out to me. I had never heard off this recruiter, but she used out to me. I'm imagining she somehow got mirrors human somewhere. And that worked out Andi. So I kind of also got lucky because I was staying with 10 days away from getting deported when I got this job. So it waas fun time
Okay, So, working from home, my work travel is about 20 seconds, Um, getting up and sitting on my chair, But otherwise it would take me half on hour to get to downtown select city. I'm sure that is different for a lot of people, but I live close to the university, and the red line takes me there instantly. Andi, um, some people come from like, one person comes from pro go, and I don't understand why he does, but yeah, So he's work hours and, general, imagine 45 50 hours a week in operations and strategy. Um, frankly, I used to work in mergers and acquisitions and private equity, So compared to 70 hours a week, this is a bliss. Uh, and you know, it's actually worth it, because you those 42 So we have this way of spreading 70 20 and 10 10% off. Your learning is in the classroom like there's this thing called GS you. They have I would say all the resource is from Lincoln and all the self and the classes. They have them. And also they have the Goldman Sachs classes where they have their managing directors or professionals and different fields, given classes on topics where you can learn from them. So you spent 10% of the time on that. 20% or networking are managing directors and managers. They all have open office over so you can talk to them when you want to go in. You can talk about their puppy or their babies. Or you can talk about how's your work going and how you can progress to the next level. So you they are also very open about it. So the thing is, Goldman ties outside of very good culture. Um, Andi, like it's different. Sorry, what? I think I straight away from the question a little bit.
learn all of this office as soon as you can. Beyond that, everything is getting automated. So learn SQL, learn basic data structures. Get a good understanding of linear algebra so you can connect data points or, like, understand how things work in late. Um, like the thing is going into a field you can. So personally, I do a lot of things for fun, which complement what I do in my professional life. I enjoy starting physics. I enjoy studying mathematics, Andi. All that gives me a different perspective on my work. I'm more data oriented, and I'm able to find Packard's, which other people's might miss. But then again, my qualitative skills still need working on. So for other people, that's a different balance you can create. If you are, you can have the other English major whose of vice president and liquidity operations, and I'm like you're in English, major. But that is a fully data intensive, math based shop. So in the end of the day, your basic skills need to be. You need to be critical off the work you do pay attention to what you're doing, try and understand the data, why it's happening and go from there