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Last Updated April 12th, 2024 at 3:27 pm
B-Stock’s Winter Teammate Spotlight 2021: Meet Samuel Kim
Dec 03 2021 · BY Editorial Team
Last Updated April 12th, 2024 at 3:27 pm
B-Stock is so excited to welcome Samuel Kim to the Account Management team this winter! As a winter extern, we know Samuel will be an incredible asset to the company. Samuel is currently studying Statistics at Carleton College. Learn a bit more about Samuel and see his answers to some questions below.
Q: What are you most excited to learn at B-Stock?
I am most excited to learn about the types of questions and topics that come up in client meetings, in regards to what kind of data the clients are looking for.
Q: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? (Or still want to be!)
When I was really young, I wanted to be a professional baseball player, but eventually changed my goal to working in the front office of an MLB team, which is still what I want to do when I grow up.
Q: What is one piece of advice you’ve been given that has stuck?
Don’t overthink.
Q: Where can people find you after work or school?
Likely at a sporting event, I love to watch all kinds of sports.
Q: What is a hidden talent of yours?
Definitely my sports trivia, although I’m better at trivia for events that happened in the 2010s-current.
Q: What plays in the background while you work (music genre, podcast, news)?
Music, I like an artist named Juice WRLD, his music calms me down.
Q: Where would you go with unlimited PTO?
I would probably just travel all over Asia and Europe; there are many countries that I would like to visit in those two continents that I’ve never been able to go to.
Q: What do you do when you’re stuck creatively? How do you get the creative juices flowing?
I usually just listen to music or watch videos that interest me; oddly, that helps me come up with more ideas.
Q: What’s something you’ve accomplished that you’re proud of?
Becoming a Questbridge Scholar, allowing me to go to college on a nearly full-ride scholarship.
Q: What is one thing you hope to contribute to B-Stock?
I want to apply my data analytics skills not only to help B-stock short term but also in long term needs.
If you’re interested in B-Stock’s externship program, please contact [email protected] or reach out on LinkedIn!
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