Career Overview
- David went to Hamilton College in NY and Johns Hopkins to get his masters in International finance in Nanjing China
- Currently a Manager with KPMG in Corporate strategy in the US that started originally in Shanghai China
- Prior to KPMG he worked for the Economist Intelligence unit, Standard and Poors and Bellwether Innovation thinking
- Board Treasurer for the Pulaski Institution
Highlights
- Career has been a total random walk, falling In love with languages
- Loved the culture and background on learning languages
- 9 Month dedicated language program in Beijing
- Being ill prepared for internships upon return to the US
- Really not planning ahead in College for internship or getting experience
- Relationships
- The power of building and keeping in touch with people
- Figuring out interesting ways to connect with people, it's not always about drinking and sports
- Look for authentic touch points throughout your career
- Building up social capital - People want to help each other out
- Graduate, pack your bags and move to china
- Use college to expand your horizons, take offbeat courses to be more well rounded
- Supportive parents on the international career
- Being a type A personality without an effective plan
- Salary negotiations in china is pretty much take it or leave it
- Best decision of his life
- How salary at a young age isn't the biggest component to decision making
- Making decisions with student debt looming over you
- Some of my advice stuck "Life is a Pull"
- Find where push meets pull
- Nothing you do in your life is a waste of time
- What David is proud of in his life and career, impressive stuff
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