By far the most exciting week yet. After two weeks of getting comfortable with the website, the data, and the railway system, things shifted from maintenance into something with real stakes attached. Taking Charge I am now assuming charge of an actual property, and for the next month I will be managing its average nightly…

The Commute Most of this week’s progress happened before I even got to the office. I have slowly come to understand the railway system here, which took longer than I would like to admit. The first few days involved a fair amount of standing on platforms, second-guessing which line I was on, and occasionally riding…

Settling In Week one is done, and I can confirm that Swedish offices really do empty out by the time the clock hits a reasonable hour. The flat hierarchy thing also checks out, which took some getting used to coming from a culture where titles tend to do a lot of talking. But more on…

About me I like being thrown into new places, and that is probably the fastest way to describe me. Back home I am a junior studying economics, where most of my coursework has leaned toward finance, statistics, and applied data work. Outside of the classroom, I have spent time in data analytics and systems administration,…