DELIA YANG

She came for the talk, she left with a job

Internship at BodyTime, after meetup Big Data Berlin 17.0 in March 
 

While Delia came to our meetup in March for a WWF talk, the talk of Dr. Prateek Mahalwar really captured her attention. Using the networking opportunity of our meetups, she had a chat with him after. She got advice from Mahalwar and after she was motivated to apply for a position at the startup he is mentoring. There she will now join the research team to optimise the app's underlying chronobiological principles.

The meetup helped her in many ways, she tells and she felt welcome and at ease, even though she came alone to the meetup. One thing she learnt: "Although I didn't come looking for anything specific, I unexpectedly found just the right thing for me,” tells Delia. “The best thing is that the same can happen to anyone!”

LINDA OCHWADA 

"It is so interesting what Data Natives is doing!"

Just signed for a fulltime position at Supper & Supper, after getting in touch at the Data Natives conference.
 

Linda had just graduated from the TU Berlin when she decided to go to the Data Natives conference 2018 to network. She discovered many interesting companies, but data science consultancy company Supper & Supper stood out for her: “They showed me a booklet and I was interested in their projects, data analysis in the geo sector.” Linda was told they might need someone in six months. "But I didn’t want to wait for so long," she tells. "So I applied for an internship." Not long after, she was invited for tea with the CEO of the company and got a parttime position offered. “Last week I signed my fulltime contract,” she says.  

At the conference it was easy for Linda to meet people: “At first I felt a bit shy, but through people I knew I met other people and so it was easy to talk to the next person.” After her success at the conference she now also regularly joins Data Natives meetups: "It is so interesting what Data Natives is doing!"