🎬 Real Talk: Careers, Education, and Everything In Between

In the summer of 2024, Sergey Lukichev, Engineering Lead at Zalando, and I met in Berlin to have an informal chat about life, education, and careers. Since we are both native Russian speakers, we chose to speak in Russian for a more relaxed conversation (apologies to those who don’t speak Russian!). We casually discussed our views on some of the most relevant topics today.

🎙 In this conversation, we touched on:

• 🎓 How to apply to a university in Germany
• 🇩🇪 “Germany was better before” — is that true?
• 🔄 Immigration as a vicious cycle
• ✈️ Germany as a starting point — yes or no?
• 🏢 Corporate culture in Germany and its variations
• 👩‍💻 Hiring women in IT
• 🎓 The value of higher education in Germany
• 📊 Who is a Data Scientist?
• 📖 Is in-depth education really necessary?
• 🛠 Germany’s education system: focused on practice
• ⚖️ Why practice outweighs theory in IT
• 📊 The difference between a Data Scientist and a Data Analyst
• 🚀 How to get started in Data Analytics
• 🔍 Curiosity as a key to success
• 🤖 AI as a work assistant
• 🏙 Is Berlin a livable city?
• 🎯 Education focused on employability
• 💶 Salaries in IT
• 📊 IT Salary Survey

It was a relaxed and insightful conversation covering everything from personal growth to the nuances of working and studying in Germany. 🚀🇩🇪