Today we want to share with you a recap of Aleksandar’s story! Aleksandar is a Swedish-based Startuplifers alumnus who has been part of the program in the second half of 2018. He nowadays works as a Software Engineer at Spotify. What’s your name and where are you from? My
Startuplifers is a nonprofit career services organization matching the best startups with top Nordic talent. We come from Finland – the land of a thousand lakes (187,888 to be precise), one of the world’s best education systems, and exceptionally talented and happy tech-heads. Think MySQL, Linux, Nokia, Rovio, Supercell, and
Are you thinking of the next move in your life and career? Looking for an opportunity to learn the latest tech and to skyrocket your self-confidence? How about a startup job in San Francisco? Before moving forward, let’s just have a short chit chat first and introduce you to our
It is time to introduce the new team members putting on their red hoodies. Great things ahead with a bigger team, great enthusiasm and a passion for making Startuplifers the best internship program in the Nordics. Without further ado, meet Joni, Sura, Matti, Hanna and Veeti! JONI At the beginning
I’ve been there too. Okay. I don’t know if you have. The feeling of looking at this preposterously cool-looking startup hustling bubble thing and thinking “I wish that was me but how the hell does one get there”. I’m so normal. I don’t even know what a startup is. I
So Aapo left for his own adventures and we needed to find someone awesome to make sure the opportunities for the ambitious were to grow even after him. Not only did we get someone awesome. We scored a jackpot! So let’s make a sneak peek into Joni’s thoughts… Hey Joni!
During the last seven months, I’ve learned quite a bit about sales, recruitment and business in general, in the tech capital of the world. Here are my biggest learnings from having way too many late night conversations from Finland, and spending almost 2 months in the San Francisco Bay Area,