Ep23 - The Finance MBA Internship Experience with Alex Solomon (Columbia), AWS Infrastructure
01/21/21 • 36 min
“All you ca do day-to-day is control the things that are within your power.” - Alex Solomon, MBA Intern, Columbia, AWS Infrastructure
Happy new year!
We’re kicking off the 2021 season with an interview we recorded at the end of last summer with Alex Solomon. He was an MBA intern on our team.
First off, it turns out that Alex and Charlie hail from the same neck of the woods (Long Island), so we spent some quality time digging into the culture ;) (bagels, North Fork wineries, Montauk, Billy Joel and the importance of saying ‘ON Long Island’ versus ‘IN Long Island’).
Our time was 100% virtual last summer but we all agreed that it not only worked, but we also had a blast working together. Alex shares his journey to Columbia Business School and how he got into the summer program at Amazon as well as what helped him land the opportunity. He also shares what he’s learned about working at Amazon in AWS and having a successful intern experience.
Thanks Alex for coming on and we’ll (finally) see you in Seattle after graduation!
Alex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-solomon-cpa-61396662/
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“All you ca do day-to-day is control the things that are within your power.” - Alex Solomon, MBA Intern, Columbia, AWS Infrastructure
Happy new year!
We’re kicking off the 2021 season with an interview we recorded at the end of last summer with Alex Solomon. He was an MBA intern on our team.
First off, it turns out that Alex and Charlie hail from the same neck of the woods (Long Island), so we spent some quality time digging into the culture ;) (bagels, North Fork wineries, Montauk, Billy Joel and the importance of saying ‘ON Long Island’ versus ‘IN Long Island’).
Our time was 100% virtual last summer but we all agreed that it not only worked, but we also had a blast working together. Alex shares his journey to Columbia Business School and how he got into the summer program at Amazon as well as what helped him land the opportunity. He also shares what he’s learned about working at Amazon in AWS and having a successful intern experience.
Thanks Alex for coming on and we’ll (finally) see you in Seattle after graduation!
Alex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-solomon-cpa-61396662/
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CONTACT THE SHOW:
Website | https://www.charleskunken.com/podcast
LinkedIn Group | https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13919730/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/financeguyspodcast/
Email | [email protected] (Hit us up! Questions, comments, requests for guests, etc)
Sid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhodi/
Charlie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleskunken
Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.charleskunken.com/subscribe
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Theme music by Good Baby. ‘Rose Colored’. You can peep the full music video here: https://www.goodbaby.band/musicvideos
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Ep22 Fifteen Years at AWS & The Early Days with Joe Minarik, Director, Data Center Supply
“It’s good to round yourself out but double down on your super powers.” - Joe Minarik, Director, AWS Data Center Supply
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First things, first, Joe holds the Finance Guys land speed record for guests at 180mph. Yikes.
We’re back this week, this time with the fearless leader of our Business team and AWS veteran, Joe Minarik, Director, AWS Data Center Supply..
This episode is where the rubber meets the road, where the cloud meets the dirt. The data center growth strategy of every AWS region on the planet resides within Joe’s 120+ person team.
He brings us some cool stories from the early days at AWS going all the way back to 2005 when it was just an internal product for Amazon, to the launch of Asia Pacific, up to the present day. We also talk about what it takes to be successful at AWS, why it’s important to focus on your strengths, boating, race car driving, and making things better.
Joe shares his wealth of experience in the cloud computing space and his great approach to simply wanting to make things better. Instant classic.
Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jominarik/
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CONTACT THE SHOW:
Website | https://www.charleskunken.com/podcast
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/financeguyspodcast/
Email | [email protected] (Hit us up! Questions, comments, requests for guests, etc)
Sid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhodi/
Charlie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleskunken
Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.charleskunken.com/subscribe
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Theme music by Good Baby. ‘Rose Colored’. You can peep the full music video here: https://www.goodbaby.band/musicvideos
Next Episode
Ep24 Finding Your Interests with Van Tran, Amazon Treasury, Capital Markets
“Ask yourself what makes you happy.” - Van Tran, Amazon Treasury, Capital Markets
Hello folks. Today we bring you a show with our our good buddy Van Tran, Treasury Manager, Capital Markets here at Amazon and with it, our first look inside the Treasury space.
We’ve had the pleasure of getting to work with Van and her team on some recent projects and today we got a chance to step back to discuss her background: growing up in Hanoi, Vietnam, comic books, attending undergrad in Maine, infrastructure finance, business school at Upenn, and her path all the way to Amazon Treasury.
Van and Sid also connect on their shared passion - what else, Real Estate investing! This was a lot of fun and thanks Van for coming on!
Van on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vancamtran/
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CONTACT THE SHOW:
Website | https://www.charleskunken.com/podcast
LinkedIn Group | https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13919730/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/financeguyspodcast/
Email | [email protected] (Hit us up! Questions, comments, requests for guests, etc)
Sid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhodi/
Charlie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleskunken
Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.charleskunken.com/subscribe
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Theme music by Good Baby. ‘Rose Colored’. You can peep the full music video here: https://www.goodbaby.band/musicvideos
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