Think back to your 18-year-old self. You’re out of high school, expected to continue your education, and feeling excited about adult life. Now, imagine if you were faced with two choices: attend a four-year university with your friends, or get an internship in a technology you’ve never heard of.

Tanya Lushchuk has never been afraid of the unknown. After a successful early career in public relations and digital advertising, she left agency life for an in-house position in a completely different industry: pharmaceutical technology. Working in the Ukrainian tech industry was a big change for

Like many 17-year-olds, Cristina Bran got a job as a waitress. But for her, it wasn’t only about earning extra spending money. She had recently moved to London from Romania and needed to make a new life for herself. Being a waitress wasn’t exactly part of her life plan, though. She had dreamed of

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