I went to a career workshop about start-ups recently. This workshop was done through a power point presentation presented by two twin brothers who work together in the start-up industry. The two had relatively large amounts of experience involving start-ups and they shared their experiences so far. They told us the various dos and donts of start-ups which would be very useful for me if I ever decided to go join a start-up business or even start my own. They used real life anecdotes from their own lives to highlight what to do and not to do, their successes and failures. They also had some very insightful tips on actually landing a career in start-up. They talked about how we should format and write or resumes in such a way that appeals to the businesses hiring. This was also followed by tips in finding these jobs in the first place, they explained networking and various mediums to do so. They helped narrow down our hypothetical options by teaching us criteria in which we should judge start-up businesses, various questions we should ask ourselves about the company to see whether or not it would be even beneficial to work for them before asking for a job. They also had various interviewing tips, such as how we should approach the interview, including certain questions that we should be asked ourselves rather than only answering questions thrown at us. In terms of using this new information and skills learned at this workshop at Baruch, I may be more open to taking certain internship jobs in start-ups and select those internships more carefully. The interview tips from this workshop will also aid me in actually obtaining some of these internships as I now know better on how I should approach and interview and interviewer. 
Author: b.lam1
Student Life Blog Post
I spent my recent club hours break at Baruch much differently than I usually did. For past month or so, I would usually put this two and half hour break in between classes into working on some form of school work or spending it to eat lunch with a friend down at Madison Square Park. This Thursday was a bit different from my usual break spent either alone doing work, or in social activity away from the school. With this upcoming Baruch Blog being due soon for my Freshman Seminar class my friend and I had to think of some sort of activity that would satisfy one of its requirements. We decided to head towards the direction of the club rooms.
At first we had much trouble in deciding on what club to join as we were faced with a board listing a myriad of clubs and organizations. Some of the clubs were culture based and others were more interest and hobby based. We were at a complete loss for which club we would join, so we wandered the halls of the club rooms peeking in room by room. It was in this process that we met the vice president of the anime club, who happened to know my friend, approached us. She recommended that we join the anime club. As we walked into the room, we were introduced to a brightly decorated room covered in various posters. There was also of course, the group of about ten club members sitting in the room discussing their various interests some relating directly to anime and some just being general conversation. My friend and I were very welcomed by the ”officials” of the club, and began talking, getting introduced and settled into the club. It was here that we found the club we were looking for the whole time, being surrounded by friendly people of similar interests, we look forward to our future Thursdays here at the club room.
National Museum of Mathematics
I recently visited the National Museum of Mathematics just a couple of blocks down from campus. This was an experience that will aid my first semester here at Baruch with my newfound perspective. I initially believed this would be a less than enjoyable experience for me as it was a requirement that I attend something such as this museum or similar, however as I explored the various exhibits scattered throughout the halls of the museum this narrow-minded view point began to disappear. I found myself deeply interested in the displays and descriptions of various installments in the museum. The interactivity of the exhibit kept me piqued my interest and kept me engaged with the more historical and conceptual mathematical context to the installations. The overlap between the theoretical/conceptual and applicational areas of mathematics was what really captivated me during this experience. Ideas learnt inside the classroom did not exist in a vacuum, they mostly unknowingly find their way into our everyday lives and application.
This was an eye opening experience for me as I had expected to get so little out of this mandatory experience. Academics are not necessarily completely work, enjoyment can be found in the same academics given the proper perspective. This will be of great use for me and my time at Baruch. I can carry a much more open minded view point with to all my classes whether I take them by choice or as another mandatory requirement to graduate. I can find small pockets of interests in otherwise larger fields of study to keep me engaged and inspired in otherwise areas of study I had previously found disinterest and dissatisfaction with. I am glad I had the opportunity to have this experience and look forward to continuing to do so during my time in Baruch.