Originally published on Pymetrics.
Last year, I made a pretty big decision. After working at one of the largest financial institutions in the world for 7+ years, I decided it was time to trade in my suit for a pair of jeans and go headfirst into the world of startups. A lot of people asked me why I decided to make the transition, considering I had already spent so much time at one of the most established companies in the world.
The answer for me was simple – I needed to experience something new and something drastically different from the company that I had grown up in. Like many other aspiring professionals my age, I followed a relatively well-worn path after getting to college, going from internship to full time analyst and then working my way up the ranks internally.
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