Hi, my name is Trevor Stasik. You know, when I was in first grade, the kids used to make fun of my name. They’d say, “Hey Trevor, how’s the weather?” I don’t understand why they chose the word “weather”. It would have made more sense to chose a word that rhymed better like: never, lever, or sever. Oh well.
I’m a bit older than most of you. I remember a time when Dave Grohl was still a drummer in Nirvana, and the Berlin Wall was still dividing Germany. I graduated from high school in 1996. Our family really didn’t make enough money to send me to college so I needed to pursue other options. I thought that the military might be an interesting option.
I joined the Navy when I was 17 and stayed in for a full 6 year enlistment. I trained and worked as an electrician on two nuclear reactors. My friends used to warn me that I’d come out glowing green, but it turns out that nuclear power is a lot safer than people think. Statistically speaking, the Earth will be destroyed by a stray comet before a Navy reactor can meltdown.
Following my time in the Navy, I decided to go into Film. I had worked on the movie Behind Enemy Lines when it was filmed on my ship. I had also worked on a number of independent short films. I love, love, love movies. So it seemed like a good idea for a college major. Unfortunately, the job market for film majors is filled with positions that are “volunteer only”. You’re lucky if you make a living for the first 10 years in that career path. If I ever wanted to start a family or buy a house, I needed to start thinking economically. I changed my major 2 years ago.
Which brings me to my current passion and career path: I am a senior in the Fox School of Business at Temple University, and a major in finance. I believe that I can make a good living and I can still be creative finding ways to make corporate projects profitable. I’m also working as the Vice-President of Communications for the Financial Management Association (FMA) here at Temple. I lead the team that produces the newsletter and website for the organization.
I look forward to graduation in 2008 and finally finding a job that pays well. Thanks for listening.
And thank you for visiting my blog.
If you want to know more about me, send me an email or drop me a comment.
-------Sincerely, Trevor Stasik.
This note added later: In case I have old friends trying to google search me, I've added a lot of tags at the bottom of this post. Hopefully it will make it easier for them to locate me.
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