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McKayla Girardin

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McKayla Girardin is an NYC-based writer with Forage. McKayla is experienced at transforming complex concepts into easily digestible articles to help anyone better understand the world we live in. McKayla is passionate about writing high-quality content that matters and helping others find fulfillment in their careers.

McKayla received her B.A. in Political Science and Russian from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine - her hometown. Outside of her professional writing, she loves writing poetry and short fiction and often spends too much time in used bookstores. McKayla also is a voracious reader and a collector of antique books and vinyl.

Favorite Career Advice

Your starting point is not your ending point. Be open to new opportunities to learn and grow.

Experience Highlights

  • 2+ years of experience writing in the finance and business space.

Latest Articles

What Does a Marketing Analyst Do?

Marketing analysts help companies make data-driven marketing decisions. Also called marketing research analysts (or market research analysts), these professionals work in nearly every industry, powering a company’s marketing team through data analysis. But what does a marketing analyst do and how do you become one? What Is a Marketing Analyst? A marketing analyst analyzes data …

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What Is a Marketing Analyst and What Do They Do?
Guide to Working at Google

Google is a multinational technology company headquartered in Mountain View, California. While most people have used Google at some point in their lives, few have experienced what working at Google is really like. To help you learn more about what a career with this tech giant could be like, this guide will go over:  What …

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Guide to Working at Google
How to Become a Tax Accountant

A tax accountant is a finance professional specializing in taxes while also being competent in core accounting and finance skills, like reading and understanding financial statements. A tax accountant’s job involves helping clients file tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and state tax agencies.  To help you learn how to become a tax …

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How to Become a Tax Accountant? What is a Tax Accountant?
How to Become a Tax Preparer

A tax preparer organizes, prepares, and files tax returns on behalf of another person. Figuring out how to become a tax preparer requires deciding between a few paths: You can become a tax preparer by registering with the Internal Revenue Service, becoming an accountant, or even by going to law school.  In this guide, we’ll …

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How to Become a Tax Preparer - Tax prep helping prepare taxes
What Is an Auditor?

Auditors are finance professionals who perform audits — they review financial statements, internal processes, and transaction records to assess accuracy and completeness. Internal auditors typically work for the company they audit and guide management on improving recording and reporting processes. On the other hand, external auditors work for accounting firms performing audits on other companies. …

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What is an auditor? What does an auditor do?
What Is an Audit?

Auditing involves closely reviewing financial statements to ensure accuracy in reporting. Individuals, small businesses, and large corporations go through audits that can be conducted either internally (by the company itself) or externally (by a hired accounting firm). The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) also conducts audits of tax filings.  In this guide, we’ll go over: …

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What is an audit?
Data Engineer vs. Data Scientist: What’s the Difference?

Being a data engineer vs. data scientist means choosing between focusing on the construction of data storage solutions or on the analysis of data itself. While a career in data engineering involves primarily technical skills, like coding and understanding data warehouse architectures, data science requires statistical analysis and business intelligence skills. What Does a Data …

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Data engineer versus data scientist: what is the difference?
What Is a Data Engineer?

A data engineer is a technology professional who builds storage solutions for vast amounts of data. These engineers are also responsible for creating the pipeline this data travels through: from input, to storage, to transformation into usable information. The need for reliable data storage and transformation is growing daily, so data engineers are becoming vital …

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What is a data engineer? What does a data engineer do?
What Is Data Engineering?

Data engineering involves building storage solutions for massive amounts of data and then finding ways to transform this data into useful information. Practically every industry relies on data engineers, and this reliance is only growing as the need for data-driven decision-making becomes more necessary.  But what actually is data engineering? In this guide, we’ll go …

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Engineers using computer to assess a data engineering project