Life may not turn out how you expected, but it always works out.
/My time in high school
Attended high school in the
2010s
Overall high school experience
6/10. I didn't feel like I had many friends and I didn't really keep a core group of friends through school. I got terrible grades and wasn't even sure if I was going to graduate.
Grades in high school
B's and C's. I had to retake several classes and barely met the minimum requirements.
Favorite subjects
History / Social Studies
Struggled with...
Science and everyone took an AP science class so it made me feel even worse.
Life since high school
“[In high school] I didn’t feel like I had many friends and I didn’t really keep a core group of friends through school. I got terrible grades and wasn’t even sure if I was going to graduate.”
Attended college / university at
A large public 4 year university out of state.
Majored in
Accounting.
Places lived in US
California
Current occupations / past occupations
Accountant at Stanford
Industries I've worked in
- Finance and Insurance
Did your education prepare you for your career or occupation?
Yes, not only did it teach me skills related to my degree, bit it really prepared me to act professionally and be independent.
Has your education or career/occupation trajectory ever changed? How?
I enrolled as a psychology major thinking that was the only thing I could maybe do. The classes were so easy and I was getting nearly 100's on the exams, so I changed my major to Accounting and graduated in 3 years with a high GPA.
A little introspection...
To me, being successful means...
being happy
My definition of success has changed over time.
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My favorite spot in or around Palo Alto
Nola's
