Matt

I originally intended to major in Political Science when I started college but that soon changed after I took an economics class my first semester in order to satisfy a course requirement. I enjoyed it so much that I continued to explore finance-related classes and eventually transferred to my university’s business school where I majored in Finance and Accounting. I developed a strong interest in stocks and the market which is what drove me to seek a summer analyst position at Goldman Sachs.

The best advice I’d offer to someone considering a career in finance is to continue to network and expand your base of industry contacts so you can determine if this is the right field for you and where you might fit in best. This really helped me to decide not only what industry I wanted to work in but which firm I wanted to work at.