My internship experience in London was my first time working a full-time job. Through that experience, I learned how to maintain a healthy work-life balance and how to work towards personal goals outside of the office. Surprisingly, I found that in doing so, I drew upon my experience not only as a college student but…
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“We Have Buildings Older than Your Country”
During my first week in London, I spoke to a British man who boasted, “We have buildings older than your country.” It was an obvious fact that, until then, I had never considered. The United States of America, in terms of geopolitical history, is a young nation – only 249 years old. London, however, has…
The Myth of the “Untraveled” American
My first experience with this misconception occurred while I was returning from Cambridge to London on a train. Middle-school students from a private school utilized one of the stops to go to and from school every day (fun fact: the U.K. does not have school buses) and as they loaded onto the train, they heard…
Working Hard or Hardly Working?
At Carbon13, the venture capitalist firm in London that I have been working for this Summer, I have been confronted with a work-life-balance far different than As a self-proclaimed “workaholic” and perfectionist, I have found that my willingness to work long hours and rigorously scrutinize every detail of my work was, although commendable in an…
An Unfamiliar Career in an Unfamiliar Country
After a few weeks in London and a better understanding of “venture capitalism” and “climate tech” (words that used to be mere jargon to me), I have a realistic understanding of my “personal and professional growth opportunities” via this program. As a pre-law student, working in venture capital for a climate tech company certainly was…