What do I want to be: Episode 11

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What do I want to be: Episode 11

Our career choice podcast accompanies young people on the exciting and often gruelling search for the right job. In episode 11, Lorena talks about her apprenticeship as an app developer.
Text: Franziska Engelhardt / Podcast Forge

Picture: zVg

«As an app developer, you have to be able to think logically above all. And be fit in English.» Lorena is in her first year of training at Swiss Re. It's not a man's job, but women are still outnumbered. She gets on well with the male developers and doesn't feel excluded. «I would like to be a mentor and senior mentor to young women. That way I could pass on tricks on how to get on better with the boys. I think that would be cool».

The dream job is one of those things. Some of us already have a clear idea of what we want to do when we start kindergarten. Others still don't know what field they want to work in after secondary school.

In the first career choice podcast by Swiss parents' magazine Fritz+Fränzi, we get to know app developer Lorena, visit the training company of nursing specialist Orion, who cares for dementia patients in a retirement centre, and take a look at the workshop of third-year carpenter Nimue, who makes furniture.
We present programmes in which eighth-graders are coached by young adults in their career choices. And we pass on tips from experts on how to make the best career choice.
What do I want to be: The podcast

Our career choice podcast comprises twelve episodes of ten minutes each.

All episodes in the overview:

  • Episode 1: First steps
  • Episode 2: The careers counsellor
  • Episode 3: Nimue, 18, carpenter
  • Episode 4: The career ambassadors
  • Episode 5: My personal coach
  • Episode 6: The student and the artist
  • Episode 7: Orion, 18, healthcare specialist EFZ
  • Episode 8: Apprenticeship or grammar school?
  • Episode 9: Naemi dares to make a fresh start
  • Episode 10: Drop out or carry on?
  • Episode 11: Lorena, 16, computer scientist EFZ
  • Episode 12: Success story on the farm
The overview of all podcast contributions from the current career choice booklet for download

What do I want to be?

The twelve-part career choice podcast was created in cooperation with the Swiss parents' magazine Fritz+Fränzi and Pro Familia; the producer is Podcast-Schmiede. The individual episodes last around ten minutes.
This text was originally published in German and was automatically translated using artificial intelligence. Please let us know if the text is incorrect or misleading: feedback@fritzundfraenzi.ch