Charles Parkhurst - UCLA

It’s certainly been quite the crazy year, but I’m extremely grateful for the good fortune that I’ve had. A few months ago, Walmart eCommerce decided to close down the office in San Francisco and get rid of most positions within the company. I had the option of pursuing a new role at their office in Bentonville, Arkansas, but I decided it was best for me to look for other opportunities back in Los Angeles where I went to school. I’m now living with one of my best friends from college and I couldn’t be happier. On top of that, I ended up landing a dream job that I’ve been working at for a few weeks now. I’m working at a hedge fund, Stoic Strategies, which deals with the emerging cryptocurrency/blockchain industry. My position is as the Strategy Developer. I develop rule-based strategies for the fund to trade off of, as well as strategies for our software engineers to build automated trading algorithms for. I’m a few weeks in now, and I’m absolutely loving it. It’s very challenging work, but it could not be more interesting and engaging. I’ve been involved in the blockchain space for about three years now and have been learning about trading for over four, so I couldn’t imagine a job that I’d be happier doing and would be a better use of my skills and knowledge. I got to take on a lot of responsibility during my time at Walmart and got excellent experience, but I know that this job is going to turn out even better! Thank you so much for making this dream come true; without MV Youth I never would have had this chance!