He completed a 2020 summer internship with the PMDP, which he applied to after attending a career fair in Hartford that was brought to his attention by UHart’s Career Services. “I met my current manager there and had a great conversation with him,” he says. As he gets acclimated to his new role, Carr says he’s learning about the insurance industry and gathering a foundational knowledge, while at the same time helping guide the product management team. "I’m interested in applying my passion for economics into this role throughout various economics-specific projects."
Nate Carr , Economics, '21My program welcomes learning and growth, but to come in confident and feeling I can tackle problems is a huge reward from studying this in school.
Skills gained from the complexity minor have helped Carr develop an understanding of how complex systems operate. “Thinking about systems in terms of complexity has helped me be creative in finding solutions for business problems,” he says. “And had I not taken the data science minor, I don’t believe I would be comfortable writing any code or attempting to do statistics in a professional setting."
Carr says he’s very grateful to the people at UHart for their commitment to students and advises first-year students to remember to lean on their advisors, professors, and peers. “It’s easy to feel overwhelmed in a new setting with high expectations, but there are people in your corner who truly want you to succeed.” He says students should ask questions and be curious. “Whether it’s academically or otherwise, being curious and wanting to understand how things operate, why they are the way they are, and how they can be improved is a great mindset to have. You never know what opportunities may arise when thinking this way.”