I’ve always had a general respect for the finance field, so I figured, “Why not?” But as I got deeper and deeper into the coursework, I started to really love the idea of stock trading, with all of its ups and downs, and really just the overall exciting nature of risk.

I had become the expert on giving every excuse in the book as to why I couldn't or didn't want to. God, it was terrible. Through everything, the most valuable thing that I learned is that in order to be successful, you must be willing to learn. I had no plan and no idea what to do to get out of it. Fast forward 10 years later, and she and I are good friends.

I couldn't take it anymore and at 4 in the morning that night I came out to her. With today’s globalization, Americans should know what’s going on in Japan’s and Malaysia’s economies more than ever before, and maybe I can be the guy to do that.

When it comes to your professional career, where have you interned, and what are some of the most valuable lessons that you’ve learned from your work experience?

Through my Emma Bowen Scholarship, I’ve had the opportunity to work at NBC for the past three summers.

Every summer at NBC was a totally new experience, and I had to listen to my supervisors and just absorb as much possible. It was that interest that led me to go abroad to Hong Kong my junior year, and while overseas, I came to the ultimate realization that my two interests could be blended together. I came out, but I was going to lose my best friend.

My parents were very supportive of my journalism ambitions, but they also urged me to make the most of my time and go for a second degree.

We separated and eventually got a divorce. Lensed eyes, scaling laws and more emerge from our simulation of visual evolution.

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I felt like an asshole.