This week I visited the Tech and Career Panel where I was able to interact with individuals in the technological fields while hearing about their personal stories about how they got to their current position. As someone who is conflicted with what I want to select for my major for the future, it was great to see that two of the panelists were fellow Baruch graduates. Being able to see that these workers were in a similar position to me and were to find their passion and profession through a CIS major in this school really opened my eyes for what opportunities and doors were in front of me. Not only that but the personal narratives of the workers allowed me to put myself in their shoes and see their work environment through my eyes. The way the panelists divided their workloads into percentages and went into depth with their daily tasks such as client interactions and networking really made me wonder if i wanted to pursue that in the future. One of the panelists worked as a product manager in his firm and this particularly stood out to me because he described his work life as something that was never consistent since he never knew what to expect when he walked into work every day. His workday ranged from asking and answering questions about technologies for businesses and clients to meeting certain business and clients and negotiating deals. This idea of a dynamic work experience really caught my attention and I wouldn’t have been aware of both this profession and its availability at Baruch had I not visited this career meeting.
– Amrit Singh 