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Jeroen Carlier
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Jeroen Carlier

Technical Advisor

„The advice that i will give myself is only one, when you are going to school you have to try your best. It’s really important because it’s always easy to give up.“ Jeroen Carlier is working as a Technical Advisor for EVVA Belgium. „The coolest part of my job is, that i have a lot of contact with different people and different countries. So i am able to travel to Austria and France. That is one of the coolest thing of my job. Many people in this area have a technical background, i don’t have it. But because of my mechanical background, i grew in to the technical parts.“

EVVA Sicherheits­techno­logie
Mario Herger
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Mario Herger

CEO & Author

“Das Coolste an meinem Job ist, dass ich tolle Leute treffe, die wirklich die Welt verändern wollen. Das sind Leute die Ideen haben, die die coolen Dinge machen und die wirklich daran glauben, auch wenn es extrem schwer ist das zu machen, gegen alle Widerstände drüber zu kommen. Das ist etwas extrem inspirierendes für mich” erzählt Mario Herger, CEO und Autor. Seinem 14-jährigen Ich rät er: “Versuche möglichst rasch etwas zu finden und darüber nachzudenken, was du in der Welt verbessern möchtest. Also nicht immer nur überlegen wie macht man viel Geld, wie macht man viel Kohle, das macht letztendlich nicht glücklich."

Orin Saunders
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Orin Saunders

Assistant Chief

„Definitely follow your passion, you definitely want a job, that you gonna enjoy doing it, where you love coming to work. That’s what i found myself with the Fire Department. Orin Saunders ist Assistant Chief in the Los Angeles Fire Departement. „My job as Assistant Chief is a amazing job. Is a large footprint, to be really able to dictate the day to day operations. To have that spirit influence, great policy and i see that remarkable change in order to be able to serve. To support the men and women in Los Angeles Fire Department.“

Los Angeles Fire Department
Kristina Kepner
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Kristina Kepner

Assistant Chief

„Be self confident in your decisions and never let anybody tell you, you can’t do something. If you have a goal in life, you can do it. It’s just about working hard and have a positive attitude.“ Kristina Kepner is Assistant Chief in the Los Angeles Fire Department. „I am a paramedic, so obviously having the opportunity to truly save peoples lives to paramedicine, has been extremely rewarding. But for me is the giving back to the youth program. Because i came up in the youth program and it really changed my life.“

Los Angeles Fire Department
Gayle Sonoda
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Gayle Sonoda

Inspector

„Keep eating well, stay healthy, keep working out and the basic, learn to be nice to people. In that sense, when you are good to yourself, you are good to others and you build that strong network troughout your entire life.“ These are the advices Gayle Sonoda, Inspector in the Los Angeles Fire Department would give her 14-year-old self. „The coolest thing would be, the people that I work with and to be able to be part of that big team. In addition to that we get to serve the public and make a difference and empower them. That’s exciting to me.“

Los Angeles Fire Department
Cody Weireter
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Cody Weireter

Captain

„You are the last line of defense, the next one is the Army. People call you, because they are having the worst day of their life and we show up to mitigate their problem. We are here to solve that issue, whether it might be minimum or the biggest thing that happened in their lives. They call the Fire Department and for that level of trust to be able to come and solve that issue and hopefully put their lives back on track.“ This is the coolest thing on his job, so Cody Weireter, Captain in the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Los Angeles Fire Department
Branden Silverman
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Branden Silverman

Captain

„In my current position the most rewarding thing, is when we give a class a presentation to the public and they truly sincerely thank us for the education we were able to give them.“ This is one the coolest thing for Branden Silverman, Captain in the Los Angeles Fire Department. „I would tell my 14-year-old self to learn other languages while you are young, because I definitely try to expand my knowledge know and it is a lot tougher as you get older, as we all know.“

Los Angeles Fire Department
Jacob Raabe
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Jacob Raabe

Inspector & Paramedic

„My father was also a firefighter, my brother was a firefighter so I kind of knew it in my head that this is a career path, that I wanted to take. Jacob Raabe is Inspector & Paramedic in the Los Angeles Fire Department and the coolest thing in his job is being able to do public education. „One of the great aspects working for the Los Angeles Fire Department is gonna work togehther as a team. Having that unique backround and viewpoint makes a huge difference in accomplishing a common goal.“

Los Angeles Fire Department
Kristin Crowley
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Kristin Crowley

Deputy Chief and Fire Marshal

"You put the community's needs ahead of your own and it's an incredible feeling to come to work each and every day and to impact somebody's life." Kristin Crowley is the highest ranking female in the Los Angeles Fire Department and found her purpose in what she is doing every day. Even though it looked like her initial feeling would take her down a different career path, eventually she decided to join the Fire Department. "My first step in the fire station - I knew that's what I was supposed to be doing."

Los Angeles Fire Department
Frans von der Dunk
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Frans von der Dunk

Professor of Space Law

“I’m working in a field of activities that is constantly developing. Every few months a new development happens and as a lawyer you need to think about that from different perspective.” As a Professor of Space Law Frans von der Dunk is teaching and educating classes. Often, when he’s got some time on his hands, he does some research on that field as well. “In term of soft skills you need to be open minded and be able to openly discuss philosophy and culture with professors from all over the world.”

Brendan Eich
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Brendan Eich

CEO and Software Technologist

“What I like most is recruiting people onto the team and see them grow.” As a CEO and Software Technologist Brendan Eich’s daily business varies a lot from day to day. His position as CEO combines a lot of tasks such as fundraising, speaking, travelling and focusing on the main goals. He is also involved in the process of implementing improvements on the system. Is his background needed for his position? “We are trying to move mountains and for that you need experience. You need to understand the needs of the customers.”

Gretchen Tibbits
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Gretchen Tibbits

President & COO

“The coolest part about my work is that we sometimes have exotic animals in the office.” Gretchen Tibbits, President & COO of Little Things, loves everything about her job. Her responsibility is leading all the company’s teams - that’s her inside job. Her outside job is going to various events, sharing the story of Little Things and building partnerships. “A tool for running a business is knowledge in finance and you should be able to think on a visionary level and translate that down to how the team executes.”

Carla Rivera
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Carla Rivera

Engagement Manager

“We will help clients to move from a current state to a future state. We will help with the transition having the people always in the middle”, tells Carla Rivera about her job as an Engagement Manager for Future State, a management consulting company. “What I love about my job is to be part of something that’s bigger than the job itself.”

Jean-Baptiste Renn
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Jean-Baptiste Renn

Senior Software Test Engineer

“The coolest thing about my job is the diversity of tasks.“ Jean-Baptiste Renn, Senior Software Test Engineer at BFFT, is working on the cars all the way to doing presentations for the management and give them input to support them with the decision finding process. His three pieces of advice to his 14-year-old-self: “Focus on your area of interest, even if people tell you it’s childish, try to enjoy life and the most important thing: go out, see the world and make as manyexperiences as you can.“

EDAG Group
Sonja Schmid
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Sonja Schmid

Executive Assistant

“The coolest thing is that I can do lots of different things in an environment that is more like hanging around with friends.” Sonja Schmid works as an Executive Assistant for BFFT and is therefore responsible for miscellaneous tasks. She takes care of all kinds of accounting related things, does the organizing in the office, writes articles and keeps the German headquarters informed about the latest news. What would she tell her 14-year-old self? “Stick to your dreams, even if it sometimes seems like a nightmare. Hold on and do what you want to do.”

EDAG Group
Evan Gray
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Evan Gray

Infotainment Test Engineer

“My task is to test various components and also facilitating communication between the customers and the testers.“ Evan Gray, Infotainment Test Engineer at BFFT of America, assumes the testing mindset being the most important part of the job. What does he like the most? “The coolest thing I would say is having an impact on the products, that we use every day.“

EDAG Group
Martin Fest
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Martin Fest

Support Development Engineer

“Listen sometimes to your parents, later you will know they were right“, would be the main advice Martin Fest, Support Development Engineer at BFFT of America, would give his 14-year-old self. His current project is to install for example measurement systems and other basic settings. After the final software installation and the troubleshooting the goal is an autonomously driving car. “The coolest thing about my job is to work on future technologies and later you can read something about it in newspapers.“

EDAG Group
Bogdan Rackow
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Bogdan Rackow

Art Director (m./w.)

Konzept und Grafik für diverse Werbung

Easton LaChappelle
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Easton LaChappelle

CEO of Unlimited Tomorrow

“We use technology in a positive way.” Easton LaChappelle is CEO of Unlimited Tomorrow. His job is about creating roboters, which have a great impact on people’s lifes. His dream started when he was about 14 years old: “At this age I had no kind of a concept about software, electronics or mechanics, so I started to teach myself from the internet.”

Bobak Ferdowsi
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Bobak Ferdowsi

System Engineer NASA JPL

”My favorite technical aspect is honestly the fact that I always get to learn new things.” Bobak Ferdowsi, NASA's "Mohawk Guy", works as a System Engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. What he likes on his job is that his ”workplace is also a community.” He enjoys the technical stuff but “what makes everyday exciting to be there is the fact that these people are such a pleasure to work with.”

Steli Efti
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Steli Efti

CEO

“Knowing that we make a difference in many amazing companies around the world is definitely the coolest thing in my job.” Efti Steli is CEO of The Close.io, his company helps their business partners to learn and profit from their software, blog and content. The important thing for him is to “care about the quality of what you do and the people you work with.”

Erica Greve
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Erica Greve

Founder, CEO

“One of the things we say to the 27 million people trapped in slavery is ‘We are coming for you’.” tells Erica Greve, Founder and CEO of Unlikely Heroes, a nonprofit organization, that rescues kids out of sex slavery. Her powerful advice to her 14-year-old self: “Just live in the moment and allow yourself to be there because if you’re always pushing towards the next moment, you won’t enjoy the actual time you have.”

Sangbae Kim
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Sangbae Kim

Associate Professor

“Your job is your biggest hobby”, Sangbae Kim remarks on the coolest thing about his job as Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “I’ve been working on various types of bio-inspired robots”, he tells about his working projects besides lecturing.

Tomaso Poggio
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Tomaso Poggio

Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

“You can win the Nobel Prize and you can also possibly become a billionaire”, Tomaso Poggio, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences talks about the opportunities and the excitement he feels towards the topics he’s researching on. “I got in love with the Theory of Relativity and Einstein, when I was a kid”, he explains his early ambitions.

Elisabeth Oberndorfer
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Elisabeth Oberndorfer

Freie Journalistin

“Love it, change it or leave it”, rät Elisabeth Oberndorfer ihrem 14-jährigen Ich in Hinsicht auf die Wahl ihres zukünftigen Jobs. Sie ist sowohl freie Journalistin in San Francisco als auch Vereinsobfrau bei Digitalista. “Als freie Journalistin ist die Schwierigkeit vor allem, dass man wirklich in den Medien unterkommt, da hat man sehr viel Unsicherheit dabei.” Worum es bei ihrem Job bei Digitalista geht? “Eigentlich bin ich der Kleber für alles.”

Brendan Paul
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Brendan Paul

Elvis Impersonater, Entertainer

“My job is to dance around and to make people happy.” Brendan Paul is Elvis Imitator at Graceland Wedding Chapel. He has been working in the entertainment business for about twenty years now. In his job it is important “to be nice to people and to make them laugh and feel good.”

Alessandro Cante
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Alessandro Cante

Consultant

“The coolest thing about my job is that I can ride an incredibly steep learning curve. Not only because I see a lot of different topics but also because you are constantly challenged by a lot of different people”, tells Alessandro Cante about his job as a Consultant at Detecon Inc. His advice to his 14-year-old self: “Try to figure out what you are really good at” and “try to become the best at doing it.”

Michelle Li
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Michelle Li

Customer Care Program Manager

“As a Customer Care Program Manager my job is to make the customer’s life really easy”, explains Michelle Li her job at Jawbone, a consumer electronics company that produces Bluetooth headsets, speakers and fitness trackers. Her advice: “Wherever you can help other people, I think, you should do it. Paying it forward is really important in your own career and in others’ careers.”

Marcello Schermer
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Marcello Schermer

Consultant

“We work with telecom companies mostly around the world and help them bridge the gap between them and the startup world”, tells Marcello Schermer about his job as a consultant with Detecon in San Francisco. The good and bad about his job? “I worked on 4 continents this year, which is really amazing” but “you never really know where you gonna be 2 weeks from now, 2 months from now, 4 months from now.”

Ame Elliott
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Ame Elliott

Design Researcher

“Figuring out ways to ask for help that feel authentic to yourself is a great tool for success in life”, Ame Elliott would tell her 14-year-old self. “The key thing that you need is empathy and the ability to uncover unmet needs and then communicate that to a different audience”, she reveals about her job as Design Researcher at Ideo.

Cindy Alvarez
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Cindy Alvarez

Director of User Experience

“Don’t be afraid to ask questions and ask for help!”, would be the first piece of advice, Cindy Alvarez would give her 14-year-old self. As Director of User Experience at Microsoft, she optimises the utilization of Yammer: “Because it’s a social tool, it’s really important that people are able to use it well and feel comfortable with it.”

Maroane Abdallaoui
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Maroane Abdallaoui

Open Innovation Manager

“Seeing the future happening”, is the best part of Maroane Abdallaoui’s job as Open Innovation Manager for PRIME, promoting the Paris region as a center of innovation. When it comes to dreams he advises to “be patient. It’s not because it didn’t work out the first time that you have to abandon your dream.”

Sean Patrick Butler
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Sean Patrick Butler

Senior Corporate Counsel

“By far the coolest thing about my job is that 99% of the people I work with are not lawyers.”, tells Sean Patrick Butler about his job as attorney with Cisco’s Cloud Networking Group. Talking about his education he clarifies: “Everybody thinks a law degree is a very versatile degree and you can do anything with it. That’s a misnomer.”

William Grundfest
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William Grundfest

Content Creator, TV writer & Producer

“The work I would do for free. I am delighted to write and speak and perform”, enthuses Golden Globe award winner Bill Grundfest about his job as a Content Creater, Writer and Producer for Television. “I then moved to Hollywood, where I got lucky and was able to write a lot of television. ‘Mad About You’ was the big, big hit.” He won a Golden Globe Award and three Emmy nominations along the way.

Julie Lorch
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Julie Lorch

Head of User Experience

“The cool thing about my job is seeing something get built”, tells Julie Lorch, Head of User Experience at DoSomething.org, about her love for UX design. A piece of advice she would give her 14-year-old self: “Make time for hobbies because a lot of times your curiosity is in your hobbies” and “those can also lead to great opportunities.”

David Charron
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David Charron

Lecturer

“You teach what you don’t know. So teaching is about learning”, reflects David Charron about his job as a lecturer at the UC Berkeley MBA program. His piece of advice, when approaching life: “Keep your cognition flexible by doing different things, getting different experiences and being open to new experiences.”