My Idea of a Career

“What do you want to do when you grow up” is a question I believe people of all ages should ask themselves. It is always important to have a goal and destination in mind. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “If you don’t know where you’re going any road will take you there”. My father first told me that quote while I was trying to think of a senior quote the night before they were due. After thinking about it, I realized that nothing was truer. If you don’t have even a general idea of where you want to go or what you want to accomplish, how are you supposed to know what path to take? However, thinking of what you want to do is a task that is harder than it sounds. As a nineteen year old turning twenty in 3 days I have already changed my career plans several times. Starting as a 5 year old with aspirations to play in the MLB, then to a sports buff wanting to work in the front office for the New York Yankees to now finally finding something that I think I can spend a long time doing. Business sparked my interests early on in high school. Although there were no business related courses until my senior year I knew some type of business was where I wanted to end up. Taking a course titled “Virtual Enterprise” in high school solidified my choice. In that class we set up a mock business and entered into the market with other companies from schools across the globe. It was the first year we had the program at our school, so we had to start up a business that would run for future senior classes to take over. I was placed in the 4 man Finance department as VP of Finance. Having no business experience I quickly learned the basics of what a finance department does. Knowing business was my plan I applied to schools and finally chose IU based on the merit of the Kelley School of Business. So far, the classes I have taken at Kelley have only furthered my interest in finance. I have exceled in all my accounting and economics classes and am looking forward to