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The Accidental Technical Architect: Veronika on her squiggly career

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Veronika Suhaj is 33 and currently works for Salesforce, a CRM technology company as a pre-sales Technical Architect. She started her career after graduating from University of Cambridge with a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics and has worked for several IT consultancies such as PwC, PolSource or Persistent Systems until her career and network led her to Salesforce. Read more

Climate Scientist to Ratings Scientist: Matthew on his move to industry from a PhD in climate science

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Matthew Brady completed a PhD in Earth Sciences at Cambridge before moving to carbon credit ratings agency BeZero Carbon. There, he specialises in assessing the carbon integrity of Nature-based Solutions, helping organisations to make better climate decisions. Matthew discusses his time at Earth Sciences, and how it helped him with the move from academia into a start-up environment. Read more

Extending a helping hand to my past-self: how volunteering with Tutor The Nation has improved my outlook on my past and future

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MML finalist at Jesus College, Victoria, discusses her experience as a Volunteer Tutor and Cambridge Ambassador for Tutor The Nation, an educational charity working to tackle inequality in secondary education in England and Wales by providing free, student-led tutoring to pupils in partner schools across the UK.

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