823 Advizers

Kyle

Cofounder

Pencil Energy

UCLA - 2017
UCLA Anderson FEMBA, 2023 - MBA Degree

Kyle has over 3 years of experience in policy analysis, audit, and report writing, with a primary focus in California state and local government.
UCLA Anderson

UCLA Anderson

Climate, Environment, Sustainability & Waste Management
Energy & Utilities
Entrepreneurship and Business Owner
Political Science, American Studies
Honors Student
Scholarship Recipient
Took Out Loans
Worked 20+ Hours in School
LGBTQ
Transfer Student

Q1Career path

Overcoming Challenges

Achieving Goals

Career Exploration

5:51

"working in service is a very humbling experience, and I got, I got a taste of that with some, um, not, not great customers. So you, you learn quickly."

Q2Main responsibilities

Communication

Data Analysis

Problem-Solving

6:43

"the job is an interesting combination of structured thinking with a high degree of creativity"

Q3Day in the life

Detail-Oriented Work

Legal Analysis

Public Service

6:50

"Every minute is accounted for. There is no downtime as an auditor, which is mentally exhausting."

Q4Most important skills - role

Persistence

Problem-Solving

Creativity

5:26

"You have to work around people who make your life hard if, if you can. Sometimes it's impossible and you just have to force your way through."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Communication Skills

Subject Matter Expertise

Problem-Solving

1:54

"the staff tend to be the most, um, the, well, e e every minute you go, you're, you're a little better than before. Right."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Product Market Fit

Entrepreneurship

Overcoming Challenges

3:30

"It's very intimidating to answer with a lot of 'I don't knows', 'I need helps', things like that. But that's okay. It's expected. It's just stressful."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Entrepreneurship

Social Impact

Public Policy

2:03

"a lot of the time things like that will inform how legislators behave or how program administrators behave."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Patient

Resilient

Detail-oriented

4:08

"If you love the detail, you may waste a lot of your time as an auditor looking at things that don't go anywhere."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Career Development

Entrepreneurship

Project Management

2:48

"I wish I had learned ahead of time that you have agency in what kind of projects you can work on and what you can do in those projects."

Q10Entry-level positions

4:02

Q11Significant lesson - career

Leadership

Entrepreneurship

Proactive Approach

1:34

"To get noticed, make an impact, create interest...go out and do the thing and follow through with what you say you're going to do."

Q12College ideas for success

Resilience

Overcoming Challenges

Career Exploration

1:29

"it took me six years to finish my undergrad"