Charles Parkhurst - UCLA

I’ve had a lot of exciting times in the last year! My work is totally remote so I moved to NYC mainly for the adventure. I’ve been meeting lots of new people and having a ton of fun. Work has been going great! Our hedge fund (Stoic Strategies LLC) has been making great strides and I just finished up my first year. I’ve stayed working developing trading algorithms, but my job is very dynamic. I just got promoted to DeFi Fund Manager (decentralized finance) which I’m super happy about and is something I’ve been working on for many months. Basically blockchain technology is allowing us to create high yield savings accounts for our clients and I’m developing/operating the portfolio. I love it so much I’m hoping this is the last job I ever have! I’ve also been waking up really early each morning to take blockchain/finance classes and improve my trading. I’ve also been having a great time in the city, so not just work:) So a lot of positivity and productivity in the last year. Very happy and doing very well! Thank you so much for making this all possible! My picture is from the Bitcoin Miami conference that my boss sent me on which was a ton of fun.