When I was a young boy, I never did the simple life things like working fast food. Instead, I took up a seasonal position with a local credit union. It was fairly simple. It's a small branch, and when people come in more than once a month you tend to get to know them. Of course, when your name is Aittokallio and you live in the Edmonton area, people tend to already know of you. I think the Credit Union wanted to take some advantage of this, and they did, a lot of accounts opened during my two summers there.

Overall, they were great experiences. I worked on understanding finances and how to manage everything we have. It's grown to be a major factor in my budgeting and managing of my money now. As much as I love my accountant, I love working closely with him to know where my money goes and I have direct supervision of what he's doing with it. I wouldn't know heads or tails of this without the work at the credit union and I'm forever grateful for it.