Sophia Omarji, a user researcher from the UK, relocated to Sweden after landing a job at Spotify straight after graduation. Then she was laid off. Over a year later, she's still looking for her next role..
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When Gavin Maycroft arrived in Stockholm aged 28 to join his Swedish girlfriend, he’d mainly been a waiter. But he soon blagged his way into DJing and music events, and 20 years later is one of the main bookers for the S…
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