Damien Washington
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BOBCATS BY THE BOOKS: Damien Washington
10/4/2019 11:00:00 AM | Football
Damien Washington jump started his business career with a local internship
Here's a look at Bobcat Football players in the classroom and the community… Damien Washington has been around the Bobcat football program as long as head coach Jeff Choate, and without changing positions has played a lot of different roles as a cornerback. Now a senior, Washington is preparing for life after football as an intern with Northwestern Mutual in Bozeman.
Major: Finance
Hometown: Covina, California
Anticipated Profession: Work in some facet of the financial services industry
Five Questions
1) What drew you to education? "A recruiter hit me up my sophomore year, and then my junior year going into the spring I hit them back up on LinkedIn and scored an interview. It went well, I ended up getting a second interview, and they liked me and my pitch for why me. I started interning and I did well over the summer, and I got invited to the top intern conference in September. I wasn't able to go because of football."
2) What has drawn you to community service? "I'm an intern for Northwestern Mutual. James Kaiser is my mentor, he's the guy who I have meetings with. We set goal, he educates me on pieces (of the business), and I work with a number of advisers."
3) You play for a coach who was a teacher, and who remains a teacher at heart. What has playing for Jeff Choate been like for an education major? "It has a lot to do with life insurance, disability insurance, and we do a lot with retirement planning. It's the whole picture of making somebody financially secure all the way up to retirement. I'm learning long-term care, working with low-income and high-income (people) and how taxes change, things of that nature."
4) How do you decide during a what type of punt you'll utilize? "I want deal with people, so that (pushes) me to certain jobs, like teaching or coaching or advising. I like math, numbers, dealing with money, so while looking at things to do, and I looked into financial advising, whether it was corporate side or personal side, I just wanted to see what it was so I wanted to give this internship a try. I didn't really know too much about it, but out there doing it over the summer I liked it a lot and they offered me a full-time position after I graduate.
5) Have any particular professors impacted you the most: "All of my professors have been great, understanding financials, things like that."
Major: Finance
Hometown: Covina, California
Anticipated Profession: Work in some facet of the financial services industry
Five Questions
1) What drew you to education? "A recruiter hit me up my sophomore year, and then my junior year going into the spring I hit them back up on LinkedIn and scored an interview. It went well, I ended up getting a second interview, and they liked me and my pitch for why me. I started interning and I did well over the summer, and I got invited to the top intern conference in September. I wasn't able to go because of football."
2) What has drawn you to community service? "I'm an intern for Northwestern Mutual. James Kaiser is my mentor, he's the guy who I have meetings with. We set goal, he educates me on pieces (of the business), and I work with a number of advisers."
3) You play for a coach who was a teacher, and who remains a teacher at heart. What has playing for Jeff Choate been like for an education major? "It has a lot to do with life insurance, disability insurance, and we do a lot with retirement planning. It's the whole picture of making somebody financially secure all the way up to retirement. I'm learning long-term care, working with low-income and high-income (people) and how taxes change, things of that nature."
4) How do you decide during a what type of punt you'll utilize? "I want deal with people, so that (pushes) me to certain jobs, like teaching or coaching or advising. I like math, numbers, dealing with money, so while looking at things to do, and I looked into financial advising, whether it was corporate side or personal side, I just wanted to see what it was so I wanted to give this internship a try. I didn't really know too much about it, but out there doing it over the summer I liked it a lot and they offered me a full-time position after I graduate.
5) Have any particular professors impacted you the most: "All of my professors have been great, understanding financials, things like that."
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