Author Archives: Stefan

Meltwater employees are derived from a broad range of academic disciplines, including business administration, economics, cultural studies, journalism, law and even theology. In Germany this is very unusual, as it is common only to look for a job that relates to your education, just like it is standard for companies to only offer jobs to candidates with relevant educational backgrounds.

I studied Art History and after my master’s degree, I completed a PhD financed by a scholarship from the German Research Foundation. This educational focus reduced job opportunities rather than widened them. The only possible jobs I could find were within the…

As a kid I used to play a game with my sisters we called the “Trust Game”. It was a simple game with a deeper lesson than I realized back then. My oldest sister, Stephanie, would stand behind me, I would close my eyes and fall backwards, allowing her to (and hoping she would) catch me. In the few seconds before I felt her arms catching me, a rush of doubt and fear flooded my mind. However, once I felt her arms and knew I was saved from falling to the ground, comfort and joy overwhelmed me. It was the…