How I Got Started in Corporate (Baddie) America | DeAndre Brown Career Story
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 เม.ย. 2022
- Getting a job at a Top Investment Bank is not easy. Here is how my journey went.
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I love how your current life as a TikTok and social media star lets you use your passion as an actor even though it’s not your 9-5 job. Cheers to you for finding ways to chase all of your passions
Thank you for this! It means a lot.
I am in Corporate America and baby it gets hard some days. The work isn’t hard, but gaining and retaining that respect as a young black educated female in a predominantly white business…..can get on your NERVE at times.
But we are Elites. We get the job done in the classiest way possible.
Don't regret not pursing acting because you're acting with your social media content. I think it's important for the youth to hear your story. Your degree is funding your dreams and it gave you the knowledge you needed to market yourself.
THEE ELITES!!!!
We are ELITE!!
I’m from Chicago as well and I got accepted to Spelman but being raised in a single parent home & other issues within my house hold I had to stay in state. Even with that I had went to NIU where I wanted to study fashion design but was told it wouldn’t make me any money so I went for business / corporate communication studies. That discouraged me because it was a family member but nevertheless , here I am currently in Grad school for business administration while working downtown in health care . I had to realize it’s not about the speed it’s always about the direction.
The transparency of this video. I live for it . Glad you were able to realize law really wasn’t for you. Love that your purpose is being confirmed through this journey. ♥️
Big ELITE energy! Congrats on all your hard work and thanks for sharing, Leira.
I love your confidence! I started my corporate america journey right after college in 2014. I started a family 2 years later & now work in higher ed!
That sounds like it was a positive experience & change in your career. What kind of position did you take in higher Ed?
@@muziccrazy I'm a Technical Project Manager within the PMO
I can absolutely relate to your journey to corporate America. I originally wanted to be a journalist but I allowed people to discourage me but saying there wasn’t a lot of money in it and being that I planned on living a luxurious life I decided against it. It took my a few more career changes before I ended up in HR but I will say that my love of writing and communications has done me very well here!
Thank you for sharing. You worked hard, and it’s paying off for you.
Glad you let people know you still work in the corporate world, think many feel you “just do social media”, and they expect the same for themselves.
I'm in college too for business administration and science
You have the face and voice for acting and you're carving your path 🤗🥰
Love to watch you grow this channel!!!!
I'm in corporate America but I did not have a normal journey. I went to an early college high school and graduated with my high school diploma and associate's degree in liberal arts. Everyone around me had an idea of what I should do as far as what career path and degree but I didn't want to go to school when I had zero idea. My mom was like "You gotta figure out something cause you just can't do nothing." lol So I went into the Marine Corps. After I served for 2 years I worked at a call center for a year. I hated that job but then was blessed with an opportunity to work for Navy Federal Credit Union. I didn't have the background of most people they hired but they liked that I was in the military. I worked there for 3 years but was ready to move on. Through networking and making connections I made a friend that wanted to refer me and I'm now a business analyst for a 401k wholesaler.
Omg congratulations! Thank you for sharing your story❤️
Wow look at God proud of you love you deserve it this is inspirational never settle or stop going 👏🏽👏🏽this is elite
This is amazing! I’m so happy for you!
I love how you edit your videos it’s funny 😂
I’m so happy I found this channel!!!!
Congratulations you will succeed absolutely I have faith in faith in you can I have faith in myself also you're very ambitious
It’s always great to get some content 👏🏾Thank you sharing 😌
Love your story! I have used social media and my TH-cam channel to elevate my business and it has been amazing. Thank you for taking us along your journey 🙏🏾
Love the editing 😂 proud of you!!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Can’t believe those people laughed at you but Im glad it made you stronger.
It’s you being from my area for me! 👏🏽 Happy that I found your channel. Keep being you! We love to see ittttttt
This was a really good video 👏🏾 thank you for sharing your story cause people like me needed to hear it. I was a business management major in college. I didn’t really have a clue about what I wanted to do as far as a career. I started off as a psychology major and dance minor and landed in business because I came to the conclusion that I just didn’t desire to work for anyone. And now that it’s been a few years looking back it’s not that I didn’t desire to work for anyone but I lacked the proper guidance, k-12 school upbringing, and the whole mental maturity/capacity to know that I could be successful and actually love being in a corporate role. I’m 25 now, graduated in 2020 in the beginning of the pandemic and I just got into entry level corporate last year, hated it, and now in another entry level role with the same company this year. But I’m really hoping and praying for the guidance to be successful in whatever it is I choose to do and wherever this journey is taking me because I wanna be a successful, high paid, Corporate Baddie (which you should trademark btw) too 💁🏾♀️
OMG yours is my new favorite account. I stalked your insta til the beginning and now I am here. I am just in awe of the way you capture our generation at work and that the reasons behind that are not necessarily laziness, but in the interest of our mental and social health.
I wanted to be a professional choir singer, but my Mom made me go to college or I would have had to move out. At the time I was working at UDF making $6.50/hr. Still loving customer service, I have been a receptionist for 14yrs, and recently I accepted a dream position of medical dispatcher. So I still use my voice and I'm actually helping others, so I totally understand being deterred for my benefit. Take Care Man.
Great video! I attended cps my whole life but my schools were selective enrollment so I had a different experience in terms of my peers being on top of their academics. I attended depaul after high school thinking i wanted to do finance and quickly realized I didn’t like it. Ended up managing a footwork dance group and we blew up. 106 & park (yea im old lol), mtv, performing during bulls games, etc. Found out columbia offered talent management as a major so I transferred there. My family dogged me out for not sticking it out at depaul. I went on to get my mba and an ms in entrepreneurship & innovation and now I work at live nation in chicago as a sr business analyst and ive never been happier in my life 🤗
This is so inspiring! Love your journey so excited to see where all life takes me. At the end of the day, the ultimate goal is to be happy!
I always look forward to your videos and was super excited you made a TH-cam channel. I left my career to take a sabbatical to take a break from working. That turned into creating more content and loving on myself. Now I'm transitioning into communication management and I'm excited to pursue what I feel is best for the girllll. Can't wait for the next video fran!
I love that you took a sabbatical that is definitely needed to clear your head and do what is best for you. PUT YOURSELF FIRST ALWAYS.
I can relate to your journey on so many levels but I am in corporate France as an African woman.
Definitely an unexpected series of events that led to yoru ultimate decision of a life in business. Love to see it and glad it worked out for you in the end.
I loved watching this and knowing someone has had a similar experience to myself! I also work in corporate America however never thought to see myself here at 22 years old. I am also a creative and wanted to go to college for the arts however because I went to public school and typically excelled everyone convinced me that I was too smart to waste my time in the arts if I really had intentions on living the wealthy lifestyle I envisioned for myself. So I talked myself into going to school for business and honestly I have no regrets. I don’t see myself in corporate America very long because it does not align with my aspirations but I will give it my full attention for the time being and see where it takes me.
Thank you for sharing! I really believe that being in Corporate America can open a lot of doors and is a great experience in general but always follow your dreams! You will go far.
Deeeeee thank you so so much for being open about your journey! Makes me wish I took college more serious HOWEVER, I am now 30 and in Corporate America 🙃
It’s cool I mean it has its ups n downs but I’m motivated by my two littles kids to show them how Black People can rise and work wherever we want to get ahead. Regardless of how hard it may be. Love ya lots!❤
i resonate with this so much! i wish i did this in high school i'm now trying to be a corporate baddie at 22
I wanted to get into Fashion Design and go to a top design school, Parsons School of Design. I was discouraged by my parents, so I went into advertising/PR arena and hoping to one day work for a fashion conglomerate or even start a channel on TH-cam about style and home interior.
Love this and absolutely can connect. A lot of people in my life prevented me from doing what I am doing today because I let them get into my head and made me think that the career I have today isn’t profound or good enough. I should have been where I am at A LONG TIME AGO. Like you said, everything happens for a reason.
Everything happens for a reason because look at you now, KILING IT!
I know I don’t know you personally but I am so proud of you! I absolutely love you and your videos! You are destined for greatness!! GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR VISION!!! We are THE ELITE❤️❤️
Thank you! This means so much to me ❤️
aw man, that’s an inspiring story. I completely resonate with shifting gears and applying a course of action that fit circumstances. I have a similar story, going to high school in Chicago with ambitions of attending DePaul University for film, but I always had a mind for business. It’s helped & hindered me navigating the business world without a college degree, because my business experience has been all trial & error, with companies of my own. You have to wear all the hats, design, marketing, financing, etc., but it’s a very invigorating experience knowing that with enough stride & intention you can build an “Amazon” or “Kylie Cosmetics” of your own. I’m 26, and you’re right we do have a long full life ahead of us and I see amazing things on the horizon.
Amazing things will come in your future! By being so young and driven, you already have an advantage.
Your story is so similar to mine. Also from the black chicago suburbs (country club hills) where these kids obsess over college. went to college for marketing after doing marketing competitions in highschool and now i am studying marketing and business analytics. i really don’t know how much i will love going into cooperate america, but it’s a good financial decision for sure.
I literally grew up in Olympia Fields. The girlies were really into their academics. Wishing you luck with all your success ❤️
Great job
You are such an inspiration! I graduated from college August 2021 and started my first job at a big four accounting firm in September last year. In summary I hate it. Similar to you, I am a young 22 year old, Black, queer female. I've spent more time trying to create change for black people in the firm than my actual work because I am not passionate about it. Gosh we have so much in common, I too was sucked in to what other people thought would be good for me, being at the top of my class, on the top school scholarship & receiving internships from big four accounting firms since I was a freshman in college. I've always been into the performing arts as a child & said I wanted to be an A&R when I was in high school. Of course within that time not having too many mentors I let people sway my thinking. While this path has been financially rewarding, I've gone back to my passion for music as a guitarist, songwriter and singer- for the sake of sanity & purpose fulfillment! I have NO IDEA how I'm going to get out of corporate America, but your story sure has inspired me because I felt so alone and stuck, as it's hard to focus on your passions when you have the demands of corporate America. I've been setting boundaries and planning my exit. Hopefully we'll cross paths somewhere in the entertainment industry!
i love your content. it makes me smile and laugh. this was so nice of you to share your journey. at spelman, i knew i wanted to be a doctor and got a bit discouraged also by letting people get into my head but although i graduated with a spanish degree, i can honestly say i decided to still pursue med school and apply next year. i think that hearing others scrutiny helped in my case because it pushed me to do better and work harder for what i knew i wanted and could have as far as a medical career. can’t wait for more of your content!!!!
Good luck with med school! You got this. I like that you used people negatively as encouragement… YOU ARE STRONG. #spelhouse
Congrats, I want to the same however I keep putting myself down or dodging what I’m supposed to do.
i just graduated high school (after dropping out for 4 months between junior & senior year lol) and i have no idea what imma do for college… my family of course pushed me back into high school and my senior year was great so i’m thankful to them for that. i have faith that i’ll figure it out tho!
OKAY!! Marketer!!! Just graduated with that degree and starting my first corporate job!!
Can I just say that I love you❤️🔥your energy is everything🔥🔥🔥
It's how you indirectly advertising Starbucks🤣🤣oh man you everything #elite
Thank you love!
Loved the video. 36 y/o AA gay male living in NJ. Currently I’m a director of HR for a healthcare company making a nice 6 figure income, that said I’m bored with the corporate world. Like you, I’m very creative and ready to branch out into real estate development. Just paid off my home and looking to leverage the equity so I can start becoming the man I’ve always dreamed of. Not the guy looking at spreadsheets and attrition statistics. Anyway, keep shining bro. Love the content!
This spoke to me. 35 also in NJ in HR and bored AS all Get out!! I’ve been thinking of pivoting. But I’m literally only in corporate for the benefits at the moment.
You can do it D I’m so proud of how far you’ve come I’m sure you are going to do more great things in the future but I wanted to just say that when you talked to your class about what you wanted to be and they laughed at you I could relate big time bc I was always picked on for something and didn’t feel like I could be who I really was and now that I have horrible acne guys tell me rude things and I felt like man idk if I can do this like loving myself to change the acne, moving forward, or even living but Jesus stepped in and reminded me they don’t matter I’m going to bring you through this and when you achieve your greatest dreams they will see you I just can’t tell u how broken this is a long reply already an I’m not even half way done to god be the glory thx for sharing
And you’re from Chicago… I’m subscribing immediately!!! Hey COUSIN 😙
I love you Deandre!
Come through corporate baddie ❤️🔥
I love your story and congratulations on everything you have accomplished. I’m 22 as well. I’m on track to graduate college this December. Originally, I was going for Finance but them classes was too hard 😂. Now I am in Mass Communication and I think that’s a good fit for me. I’ve also thought about going into real estate but idk🤷🏼♂️. I am currently working part time at and advertising agency and they plan to move me into to full time when I graduate.
Anyways, love your videos! THE ELITE❤️
WOOHOO good luck on turning your part time to full time, that is not always an easy task. You are destined for greatness.
You’re still able to pursue your passion in acting don’t give up
I love how you went from your playful voice to your professional demeanor. Lol.
Not 120 I'm so weak! I'm with you though lol
Your video is really aspiring, I’m Class of 2025 at Morehouse, and I really want to dive in the marketing bank scene (JP Morgan, American Express) I’m also a Business Administration Major with a Concentration in Marketing, Sales Minor. This video pretty much confirmed that this is the career that I want to pursue after graduating
For a very weird reason this encouraged me to to continue my job application.
From Chicago suburbs as well 🙂
Do you want to do a Masters degree later and do you think its a major requirement in the corporate ladder?
You are amazing 👏 ❤
Yess 😍 watching u while I work. Could make a video on motivation for starting a yt channel or content creating ?
I definitely will work on this!
@@ImDreBrown *slams laptop* 😂😂 jk thank youuu
Creating a new cast of up and coming entertainers like yourself will help keep things going, fresh and on brand. 👍
Dre I’m telling you I AM YOUR BIGGEST FAN hahahah ❤️ I wish we were friends in real life😭 Thank you for being yourself and being such an inspiration to me. Thank you for showing me that you can have a personality be yourself and still have a 9-5❤️ Also I’m so fucking proud of you, congrats on that Range. ELITE 🤪
Thank you so so much 🫶🏾
I love your platform!!
I would say just start creating Corporate reflated content. If people support you, they will support your journey and where you are at in your journey.
What company do u work at if you don’t mind me asking?
When I graduate I'm going in to political science public administration
Beauty and brains 😅
I love youuuuu 💖💖💖💖
Too meet QUOTAS📍📌
Omgosh so it makes sense now lol I grew up in Chicago. I swear I basically only like Dallas folks who are from Chicago 😂😂 I was in Bolingbrook. I’m sorry you had to endure Marian Catholic socially. 🙈😳😭😅
this channel will grow into a six-seven figure stream of income alone. I can see it now
🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾
Associates degree
I want you to try and act!
im gay to
What year was your internship? 👀👀 was it part of the NYC City Hall? Also, thank you for being vulnerable. I think that’s what makes you THE BADDEST-your heart. 🔥🤍
While I don’t identify with anything in this video like at all lol I watched the video in it’s entirety because I am drawn to you. I’m sure I’m not the only one. I love that for you, I wish you much success. 🤍