Author: e.avgi

Blog post #3

Career Blog Post

So I’ve talked about this during my introduction speech in our favorite class, communications. In case you didn’t remember I am taking lessons to receive a pilot’s license and I want to have a career in that field. I would specifically like to be an airline private or a private pilot meaning that I basically fly rich people around while I work for a company. Its essentially the same as being a limo driver but with airplanes and tips obviously are awesome. The thing is that in order to have a job like that you need to have a lot of education. You need to have 4 different licenses before you can even get paid for flying and 9 different ones to become an airline pilot. Each license is a prerequisite of the next so the material you have to know for each test is basically cumulative. Also, each license can take between 40 hours of flying time to 1,500, so it takes years to get to where I want to be. You can clearly see that achieving what I want isn’t as easy as it sounds.

Now that I’ve summed up my career, how does this relate with school? It completely does not relate to my major which is finance, or at least I haven’t really made the connection yet. It does relate to my school life however. I have to travel back home to long island pretty much every weekend in order to keep up with my flying lessons. Having 5 classes and then actively pursuing piloting takes up pretty much all the time I have so balancing everything is a skill I need to work on. I’ve gotten better at it throughout the semester and even though its difficult, it’s definitely worth it.

In order to get involved in student life, David, Isaac and I all decided to visit the game room. It was my first time visiting there and my first impressions were alright. I noticed how colorful and lively the room was first thing. The walls were painted vibrant colors and there was music playing in the background which added to the “fun” vibe in the room. Although the music was horrible and I couldn’t stand it, David and Isaac convinced me to stay and we all ended up playing all three of the games they had there: ping pong, pool, and foosball. Personally, I thought pool was the most enjoyable. We ended up getting to play on it even though it’s usually a hassle to get a game. Me and David played against each other and I ended up beating him after we started off with only David and Isaac playing while I was talking to some people I had just met. After they both finished their game I played the winner which ended up being David. After beating David, I got to stay on and play against some random person who was a close match. After playing two games of this I then decided to go visit Isaac who was playing foosball.
Although this game room does not compare to other college’s game rooms, David, Isaac and I still had a great time. I think this experience just goes to show that you don’t need the best equipment or the biggest room to have fun. We still had a good time with the other students in the room and spent the time well.
Overall, this was one of those things at Baruch I found to be exciting and kind of fun for the first time but I probably won’t be spending my free time in the game room normally.

Hello guys, so for this blog post I decided to get to know some of the student life over at Baruch by visiting a club. The club I decided to visit, most relevant to my major(Finance) as well, was the Finance & Economics Society Club, also known as FES. Overall, I found the club to an amazing one in doing what it sets out to do. During this club meeting the administrators were giving examples of how we could get involved. They gave examples of how to get involved and receive all the clubs’ benefits although you may be extremely busy as well as explain how you can give the club all  your efforts and be a truly dedicated member, as some of the administrators were. Right from the beginning I was able to tell how serious the club was and how much time a member would have to put aside to be involved in it. They explained how there would be weekly workshops that, no matter which type of member you were, you would have to attend at least 6. In addition to these workshops we would have to do assignments as well and possibly participate in competitions and so on.

After the presenters had gone over what was to be expected and required by each club member, they then told us about some of their experiences in the club, I personally found this part to be the most informative and it unfortunately dissuaded me from joining the club. Since they talked about what they had done in their history with the club I was able to see that this club was more focused on building each one of its members up for a professional career rather than teaching you specific topics that regard finance such as real-estate investments, markets, the economy, etc. This would definitely be more of an interest to me because it would be something that I can apply to my future and I would then, most definitely, be dedicated to this club.

As I presented to our class in Communication, I am working to become an airline pilot after graduating from Baruch and majoring in finance as a backup for having knowledge of how I should invest my money. With these goals that I have in mind, a professional career at Goldman Sachs for example, wouldn’t help me too much.

Although I probably will not be joining this club because of busy schedule which includes academics as well as piloting lessons, I definitely do not think others should shoot it down right away. I was surprised as to how friendly and close everyone in this club was despite the size if the club and the professional environment that the members are placed in much of the time. I can definitely see how joining this club could be a great way to settle into college as a freshman, meet new people, and make connections that can last and guide you to a professional career. In conclusion, I wouldn’t consider my visit to check out this club as a waste of time, it was definitely educational and made me think more of where I want to go after college and if this would fit my goals. Moreover, I think this club would be a great experience for so many people despite its requirements and my decision not to look further into it.