Chinmay
Chinmay was adamant he wanted to work with technology, and when he went to Imperial he had his heart set on working for one of the big tech companies. After a third-year internship, he started to think differently. During his placement in Winton, he decided the problem-solving skills he so enjoyed with computing could also apply to the world of finance.
‘Anybody can pick up the tools to do this job. We want to hire people who are good at solving problems,’ Chinmay explained.
Chinmay traces his initial interest in problem-solving back to his school days, particularly to his Maths lessons with Mr Ward and Mr Barnes. Studying A-Level Mathematics gave him the foundational skills he would later need in finance.
It was after meeting a chief operating officer at the company – another Old Haberdasher – that Chinmay began to work in a team on the technology side of the company. Having worked hard during his internship, they decided to hire him. One year later, he’s re-structuring the systems used for trading.
Across the way from Chinmay, another old boy, Marc, had quite a different story.
Marc
At school, Marc always had a passion for modern languages. It was no surprise then that following Habs, he went on to study French and Spanish at University of Birmingham. In fact, he loved his degree so much, he even took up night classes in Portuguese.
‘I wanted to be out there speaking languages, travelling and using languages in my career’.
Following his graduation, he spent two years teaching English as part of the British Council Language Assistant Program, in Madrid and France. But it was after a chance encounter with a Spanish pundit at Luton airport that he was offered his first job. The brief? To translate Lionel Messi’s autobiography into English.
‘He said send me your CV and I’ll be in touch. Three months later on a Thursday evening, I got a call. “Marc, are you free to translate 12,000 words in four days?” ’
Since then, he’s worked for various agencies, collaborating with Premier League clubs to help players not familiar with the English language.
Looking back on the past few years, he comments ‘I’ve been pretty lucky. I’ve met Dmitry Payet, I was on stage with him as he was named player of the year. I’ve also worked with Diego Costa. I’m also an Arsenal fan, and I’ve particularly enjoyed events with Santi Cazorla and Nacho Monreal’.
But after we mention last weekend’s Wolves score, Marc turns away to talk to a representative for PR, so we head back to catch up with Joel.
Joel
‘Well, I recieved four offers but thought an apprenticeship would be right for me.’ Joel is mid-conversation with another Habs boy, outlining the reasons he chose an apprenticeship over a university degree.
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