Why He Gave Up His Scholarship for an Internship at Under Armour: Playing Your Cards Right w/ Buchi Okafor

How do you know when it's a risk worth taking? Or how do you
balance the decision between short term satisfaction and long
term advantage? As today's guest will show, it starts with having
honest conversations with yourself about what your end goal is .
Today we have Buchi Okafor joining us.  Buchi is currently
at Under Armour where he's the Lead of Direct to Consumer Pricing
Optimization - but his path to get there came with a few leaps of
faith. 


When Buchi was in undergrad at Miami University of Ohio on the
football team, he worked his way up to starter his junior season.
Just a few months after his breakout year came to a close, he
gave up his scholarship to intern at Under Armour. While he
eventually earned his football scholarship back and continues to
excel at Under Armour full time he will share with us how he
weighed the tradeoffs in giving up his scholarship for a summer
opportunity he couldn’t pass up. 


Today we discuss: 1) How he secured an internship and full
time offer without any previous work experience due to football
2) How he weighed the tradeoffs in giving up his scholarship for
an internship 3) How to take full advantage of your
university to position yourself for success