Jan 2025 – Jun 2025 · 5 mos

• LinkedIn got me this internship :)
• “You don’t learn swimming by reading about water.”
• Heard it from Nikhil sir, CEO at Spring Money.
• Did not fully get it then.
• Got it later.
• Anyways, back to the story:
• Joined a fintech startup thinking
• I will finally “do finance.”
• Reality was different.
• I was surrounded by engineers
• talking about AI, coding, deploying models…
• And I was just sitting there like
• “yeah… makes sense”
• (it did not)
• Major FOMO kicked in.
• Everyone seemed to know what they were doing.
• Except me.
• I wanted to do something in finance.
• Just did not know what that something was.
• So I started somewhere random.
• Started writing on LinkedIn.
• No strategy.
• No niche.
• Just thoughts.
• And somewhere in between posting and overthinking
• something clicked.
• People started engaging.
• Conversations started happening.
• That is when I started getting involved in actual work:
• Worked on B2C marketing ideas to attract and retain users
• Helped in improving sales funnels using simple behavioral insights
• Created content and social media pieces that actually got attention
• Used LinkedIn and digital platforms to build reach and conversations
• Collaborated with RIAs and finance experts to understand real customer needs
• And I realized this:
• I did not just like finance.
• I liked talking about it, simplifying it, marketing it.
• That was new.
• That was exciting.
• Also picked up a strong foundation in sales and marketing along the way
• something no classroom really teaches you properly.
• What started as confusion
• turned into clarity.
• Still learning.
• Still figuring things out.
• But at least now
• I am not just reading about the water :)

Dec 2023 – Jan 2024 · 1 mo · Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Banking professor walked into class and casually dropped this:
• “You have a 1 month mandatory internship.”
• Next thing I know, I am inside a bank.
• No clue what to expect.
• Just curiosity on overdrive.
• First few days, I was that kid.
• Asking way too many questions.
• How does this work?
• Why is this done like that?
• What happens if this goes wrong?
• Apparently, that is not normal.
• Most MBA interns,
• as I was told, quietly sit in a corner scrolling reels.
• We did not.
• Got a “you guys are different :)” from the team.
• I am counting that as a win.
• (Soft brag accepted.)
• I got a front row seat to how a bank actually runs:
• Daily operations
• Customer handling which honestly needs god level patience
• Backend processes that people never see
• And one big realization:
• Banks do not run on money.
• They run on systems, trust and chai breaks :)
• Left with way more clarity than I walked in with.
• And a new respect for people who deal with
• “sir, just 2 minutes” customers all day.