Career Interview
For my learning plan I decided to interview two people from the finance world but in two different divisions: investing and accounting. I really enjoyed the interview with my boss, Dave, on investing. I have been interning with him for about three months and have really enjoyed the experience. Dave had worked almost 25 jobs by the time he was 25. There was a time in his life where he was living out of a suitcase with little money trying to find a job in a foreign city. It amazes me that he was able to find a job that lead to an investing job at Morgan Stanley and he now owns his own business and loves it. He is the first successful entrepreneur that I have met, and I learned a little bit about all the paperwork that are needed to be kept on file as well as different licenses he needs. Now he is a acquiring a license to be able to sell life insurance to his clients. I don’t know if owning my own business is something that I want but I understand all the benefits as well as the disadvantages.
Comments
Posted by: David Hastings
Posted on: November 6, 2005 04:05 PM
For my Career interviews I also talked to people that owned their own businesses. I was surprised by what a large factor the communities well being in their happiness. I also came to learn many of the advantages and disadvantages. Where there any that surprised you?
Posted by: Valbona Bushi
Posted on: November 6, 2005 05:19 PM
There weren't any that really surprised me, but working with him I have seen that he really needs to be aware of everything that he needs without risking to get sued. So he is in constant contact with his lawyer, people from Fidelity which he uses with his clients and many friends in various finance fields to. It seems that you really need to have a broad network of contacts!