Short personal narrative by Matthew Kelly describing his transition from studying accounting to working in London at a firm focused on tech startups. He explains parental influence toward education, early online income (~$5,000/month while in college), and how that led him into SaaS and fundraising in the startup world.
Obviously, growing up, many people have this story. Obviously parents think education is important. It was important for them to kind of make something of their lives. My parents are doctors. They're both educated. So they saw that's like the way to succeed. I knew I had to go to university. I ended up picking accounting because it was like the money side of business. So by then I was already hustling, already making money online. When I was in college, I was making about five grand a month. It was a lot of money. I bought my car, we're going on holidays, like enjoying life, then had to go to university, picked accounting. But I was like, I'm going to do it. So I ended up getting a job here in London in a firm that focused on tech startups. And essentially that's how I kind of fell into the world of tech startups. SaaS, raising money.
