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Today we have Buddy Scott, a junior setter on the Harvard mens volleyball team from Honolulu, Hawaii. Off the court, Buddy is dedicated to all things sports analytics and the NBA. He's president of the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective - a club that takes statistical tools to help answer interesting questions in the world of sports and even partners with professional teams to work on projects. On top of that and his classwork, Buddy is an intern with the NBA Players Association on the basketball related income team - a role he secured largely by showing his dedication with side projects that helped him become a quasi-subject matter expert in the NBA Salary Cap.

So, that might all sound boring to you. Fair. No worries. But before you click off - I want to say this conversation was particularly enjoyable for me, who is admittedly not especially interested in sports analytics, because the tactics Buddy has used are so generalizable to other domains. Let me explain... We talk about shooting for lofty career goals like being an NBA executive - and how Buddy thinks about setting himself apart through work samples and tactics to constantly learn. So I'd challenge you to try to think of ways you might be able to tackle a project of your own to #1) learn about your interest and #2) signal that you take your interest seriously.

Additionally, we talk about the mistakes and lessons learned from networking the wrong way - broadly applicable to all. And finally we talk about him - his favorite books and podcasts, the daily ritual he has with his grandmother, and advice to a younger self about how much more there is to college then your sport - which especially resonated with me.

Please enjoy.