5 Things With Angie B

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S3-E24 Jared Schachter – Breaking free from the 9 to 5 Grind

September 25, 2020

Jared Schachter is an entrepreneur, investor, and remote worker. He started his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company after which he spent a couple years at Uber where he lead their global accessibility program from the San Francisco headquarters. After getting tired of large organizations and the 9-5 grind, he decided to branch off and do his own freelance consulting for investors and tech startups while also traveling around South America. In 2019 he joined his favorite client, SafetyWing, as Head of Product. They are a seed-stage insuretech startup with a fully remote team that is creating a social safety net for digital nomads and remote workers. He lives with his partner and Bengal cat in Squamish BC where he is an active volunteer/philanthropist and enjoys exploring the outdoors in his free time.

Jared's email: Jared@safetywing.com

Remote working resources:

RemoteOk
Remote.co
We Work Remotely
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