Right after I first started at this job, I had the opportunity to attend CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference. I had been working here for three months, and I was learning on my feet.

I learned from the speakers and by attending some of the breakout sessions. But what stayed with me the most was the overall experience of seeing first hand what the industry is all about.

If I had not taken this job, I would have never had the opportunity to learn about credit unions by reading the articles written in this magazine, attending events like GAC and eventually writing and reporting my own articles. It is safe to say that without this job, I most likely still wouldn't know much about credit unions.