Robert Braathe:
CLASS OF 1991
Ridgefield High SchoolClass of 1991
Ridgefield, CT
Western Connecticut State UniversityClass of 2007
Danbury, CT
Amherst, MA
Farmingville Elementary SchoolClass of 1985
Ridgefield, CT
Robert's Story
After working for three really incredible companies (Disney, Gap, Apple) and a ton of great projects, I landed my dream job 8 years before I had planned. I now teach college full-time in upstate NY.
In between Disney and teaching, it has been a wild ride. I lived in Boston for a year after leaving Florida, and worked selling fitness equipment and as a production intern on a daytime radio show. In 2001, I moved back to CT to get my MBA, and worked at a singles resort called Club Getaway. I emailed someone I knew from Disney who was with the Gap, and ended up working for them while getting my MBA.
One day Apple called, and broug...Expand for more
ht me in to me a manager at one of their retail stores, and I took a break from my MBA to open up the Danbury store.
After realizing I wanted to finish school and get out of retail, I started my own business, and finished my MBA in 2007.
And one day I put a call in to someone I met in 1997 at Disney, who was a teacher at a college visiting his students. We kept in touch over the years, and he ended up introducing me to some people who got me into teaching. A year later, I am now teaching college full-time.
There's a lot more to tell you along the way, but that will give you an idea of what I've been doing for the past 7 years.
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