Career Roadmap
Chris's work combines: Entrepreneurship, Business, and Teaching / Mentoring
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Logan High School
Bachelor's Degree
Management
Augsburg College
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Business Teacher:
Bachelor's Degree: Management
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
2008- Started college at UW-Stout for Marketing and Business Education
2.
2012- Took a break from college and worked to save enough money to move to San Francisco.
3.
2013- Moved out to San Francisco
4.
2014- Moved to Minneapolis after a year in San Francisco
5.
2015- Re-started college, this time at Augsburg College for Management
6.
2018- Graduated college (finally!) 10 years after starting
7.
2020- Started teaching high school business
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Friends:
Teachers make no money. You can make more in business than in education. You can't take off when you want, you have prescribed breaks.
How I responded:
Does it make sense? If it doesn't then ignore it and keep going. If it does make sense, think about how much it would affect you in getting closer to the life you want to live.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
Finances were always a constant in my world. I understood the basics of finance but still struggled for a long time to make ends meet. It took time and maturing for me to get to a point where I'm okay with my finances. Still not great, but okay!
Being part of the LGBT community was something that I struggled with when I first entered college. I wasn't sure what my identity was, and I think I ended up suppressing it and it came out in negative habits. Once I accepted it, things were better!