Akshaj graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelors in Economics, an emphasis in International Finance and a Business Minor in Financial Analytics. During his time at University, Akshaj interned at Lockheed Martin and Ball Aerospace, working as a Market Research Analyst and Financial Planning and Analysis intern respectively.

Upon graduating, Akshaj moved to the Silicon Valley/Bay Area to work in portfolio management at Fisher Investments as a Portfolio Implementation Associate. There he handled the construction of portfolios for high net worth clients primarily located within the EU.

In late 2019, Akshaj shifted his focus from finance to tech after months of self-studying. From there, he prepared for and was accepted to one of the top coding bootcamps for full-stack software engineering. With 3 months of pre-bootcamp work and 3 months of rigorous full-time bootcamp studies, he graduated from Hack Reactor as a full-stack software engineer,

Currently, Akshaj lives between San Francisco and Tokyo where he continues to work on software engineering products primarily for e-commerce and fintech applications.

- Career Choices (Army Officer, Finance, and Engineering)

- Colorado to California

- Pivot from finance to tech

- "Boot Camp" (for tech)

- Work in Japan v the USA in your 20s, vertical ladders, entry-level pay, and opportunity gaps

- Advice to people considering making major career changes in their 20s

- What. is to come in the next few years and decades