Journey from New York's Fashion industry to Finland's Technology Hub
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Marina Lange reflects on her journey from New York's fashion industry to the startup ecosystem in Helsinki, Finland. Hear how this journey has equipped Marina for her role as People and Culture Lead building a culture of high performance and meaningful work at Workfellow.
- (1:05) Marina gives her introduction as an international Finn with an American and German heritage living in Helsinki.
- (1:45) Marina describes what she wanted to become as she grew up.
- (2:50) Marina talks about her studies, including her degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
- (4:10 ) Marina shares the story of the start of her career working for fashion magazines in New York.
- (5:50) The podcast host Lari briefly shares the start of his career journey in online gaming.
- (6:40) Marina and Lari give advice about how to plot the path of your career journey to have a fulfilling work life.
- (7:15) Marina talks about work experiences in New York's fashion industry. The good and the bad sides of the glitsy fashion industry.
- (8:50) Lari briefly talks about the challenges of unpaid internships in the tech sector.
- (9:50) Reference to the movie "The Devil Wears Prada" Marina talks about how to respect people at work, whether it is in the fashion industry or outside of it.
- (14:00) Discussion about key skills in technology sector, such as multitasking.
- (15:30) Marina talks about her work as the People and Culture lead for Workfellow. Including a mention to Workfellow's brand video.
- (17:20) Marina talks about how she found Workfellow as a company from her life in Boulder Colorado to deciding to work in tech companies.
- (19:20) Marina describes how she develops a thriving work environment - talking about a safe space for questions and new ideas. Based on Workfellow's core value of respect.
- (21:30) Marina talks about the importance of work-life balance in Finland's work culture.
- (23:40) Marina describes challenges in working in technology and how to overcome them. Including the challenges of recruitment.
- (25:30) Marina paints the picture of an in-house recruiter and talks about what in-house recruiters do in the workplace.
- (27:50) Marina talks about the challenges of hiring a senior software engineer.
- (32:00) Marina pitches why Workfellow is a great place to save smart people from boring and manual work.
- (32:50) End of episode.
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