Jul 22, 2026 – 5.00amBy all accounts, it took Aaron Bergstrum a few months to settle into his studies at university.Bergstrum, state manager for Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia for premier banking at Commonwealth Bank, first enrolled in sports science. The course involved too much anatomy, so he quit after a semester and switched to a business and finance degree. The content was fine, but after three months Bergstrum realised full-time university life was not for him.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London.Fetching latest articles