On Oct 25th, my friend and I attended a Starr Career Development Center workshop called Finance 101. The reason for why I chose this workshop is just because I was unclear about my future at Baruch. In other words, I did not know which major should I choose, finance or accounting? As we known, Baruch is a famous business school, but before joining this community, I was really interested in the scientific study, like chemical engineering. When I first walked into school, I felt that I was surrounded by the strong business atmosphere and being integrated into that. Thus, I changed my mind, so I might major in finance or accounting but I don’t know which one is a better option.
After this workshop, I decided to choose finance as my major in Baruch. The presenter informed us on the different sectors in finance. I learn for the first time that in an office job, it is categorized into the front office, middle office, and back office. The front office could be recognized as the face of the company, it is mostly the sales representatives and employees who deal with clients. The middle office manages risk, calculates profits and losses and often is in charge of information technology. The back office is the people that are in charge of settlements, clearances, record maintenance, regulatory compliance, accounting and IT services. We also learned about the different sectors in finance. After she introduced all the different kinds of finance jobs, I am interested most in Financial analysts because it earns the highest level of salary even at the entry level.
On Monday, October 9th, my friend and I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It is the largest museum in the U.S and it’s the second most visited museum in the world. It was my second time to visit the Met because it is gigantic, I don’t think one is able to view all millions of works for just one time visit. As you enter the museum, you place yourself into an ancient world.