Introduction to the Aspiring Technologist

Hello Internet!

My name is Patrick Zeng. I am a graduating student from McGill University with a major in Finance and concentrations in accounting and information systems.

All throughout my university career, I thought I would end up in the world of Finance. From watching finance movies such as Too Big to Fail or the Wolf of Wall Street (well done, Leo) .... 

.... to working my first internship at a start-up appeasing VCs and focusing on capital budgeting, I was thrilled by the ever-changing environment Finance had to offer.

As I continued to pursue a life of Finance, I was exposed more and more to technology. Through using trading platforms such as Bloomberg to learning about the history of technology in general, I realized early that technology was a key driver for everything we have in the modern world. As an avid problem solver, I could see that technology was a viable solution to solve MANY of the problems we currently have in the world today (which I will discuss later on). In addition, just like in Finance, technology was constantly changing, and offered a thrilling experience that fueled my curiosity.

With my interest in technology growing, I decided to embark on a journey to learn what drives innovation and technology and see the impacts it has in the business world, as well as how we live our everyday lives.

As the Aspiring Technologist, here is where I will be discussing my thoughts on HOW and WHY technology changes our world, in addition to shedding light on interesting trends that I have seen. Hopefully through this journey, I will be able to continue my growth as a technologist and learn to leverage it not only in Finance, but also to better the world.

Thank you for following, and stay tuned for more posts to come!