{"id":16,"date":"2015-09-01T21:21:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T01:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blockschwenkcollective.com\/cool_by_osmosis\/?p=16"},"modified":"2017-04-25T17:24:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T21:24:31","slug":"successful-berklee-grad-not-working-in-music-1-casey-kidd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blockschwenkcollective.com\/cool_by_osmosis\/2015\/09\/01\/successful-berklee-grad-not-working-in-music-1-casey-kidd\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful Berklee Alumni #1: Casey Kidd"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First in a biweekly series of interviews with Berklee graduates who have successful careers not<\/span> involving music.<\/em><\/p>\n

Casey Kidd<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Listen to the interview (approx. 26 minutes) or\u00a0download it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Graduated in 2012<\/strong> with a major in CWP<\/strong> (Contemporary Writing & Production).<\/p>\n

Position<\/span>:\u00a0 Data Analyst<\/strong> at The Retail Coach<\/a>.\u00a0 Casey uses statistics to predict which business will succeed in a given municipality.<\/p>\n

Update<\/span> August 2016<\/strong> (1 year after the interview): \u00a0Casey left his job at The Retail Coach to start his own company in the same field, NaviRetail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Overview<\/span>:\u00a0 Casey enjoyed computers both before and during Berklee.\u00a0 He got particularly good experience while in a work-study job at Berklee (laying out Fusion Magazine<\/a>), learning software that helped him get a position at his company soon after graduating.\u00a0 He did not know anyone at this relatively small company near where he was living, but saw their newspaper ad, applied, and got the job.<\/p>\n

You can see his LinkedIn profile here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Choice quote<\/span>: \u00a0\u201cToo many people (graduates from both Berklee and other colleges) have no idea how a business works.\u00a0 Everyone at Berklee should have to take a couple of business classes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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See the\u00a0full index of Successful Berklee Grads<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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