Ryan Luo
- IT Portfolio Analyst
- Skechers
School Information
School: University of California, Santa Barbara
College Major: Business
Years at College Works: 2013
Career Information
Working For: Skechers
Title: IT Portfolio Analyst
Industry: Retail
College Works Career Impact
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
College Works Painting completely changed how I looked at the world. It was a huge reality check that taught me a lot of lessons regarding management and responsibility, as well as what the real world was like.
What do you want to tell your clients about what it meant to work with them and how it has helped you get to where you are today?
Riley and Rosa Valdez 2013 I would like to thank them for the opportunity they gave me to work on their house. It showed me that when I can get the job done a happy client is the best client.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
How to communicate extensively with all sorts of people, negotiate and compromise, and to sell myself effectively.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
The College Works Painting experience is worth it.
Many college students struggle to choose between an internship specific to their target industry or doing CW. What advice would you give them on this subject if they wanted to enter your career field?
Almost every career field necessitates hard work, management, and a reality check. College Works Painting offers more than just business management, it helps with life.
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
When we all got together and went onto the yacht in San Diego.