Recently I was out on the job hunt again. It was a lengthy and eventful experience where I allowed myself to be very picky and said yes only to the fourth company I engaged in serious talks with. As I already had had a job that was very good, I did not want to change… Continue reading My take on the hyped lack of engineers in Sweden
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Unconditional basic income
Over the recent years we could read more and more about various jobs being threatened by automation. I am a big proponent of automation, which might sound hypocritical because my job in software engineering is not threatened at all. On the contrary, automation increases the demand for software engineers. But what about the people whose… Continue reading Unconditional basic income
Looking for work in Sweden
Just under two years ago I finished my PhD studies and wanted to move from academia into industry, which meant that I needed to find a new job. In this blog post I would like to describe what I learned during this journey because I have seen many friends and colleagues repeating the same mistakes… Continue reading Looking for work in Sweden
Embrace the pension monster
Pension is something we usually don’t think much about in our thirties since it feels distant and abstract. Even if we do try to get our hands dirty with it, we usually give up soon, as the whole thing is complex and requires (at least some) advanced knowledge in economics. With this post I would… Continue reading Embrace the pension monster