Designed for Life - In conversation with Amazon Mechatronics Engineering Apprentice Olivia Lane

About this episode

Olivia Lane shares her journey from aspiring doctor to Amazon Mechatronics Engineering Apprentice, highlighting the role of serendipity in career paths.

One pattern that has repeated across the 108 podcasts published since Designed for Life launched in the summer of 2020 is the role of serendipity in aligning people and their careers. Today's podcast is a case in point. Driven by a primal desire to help people, Olivia set her heart on a career in medicine. School and academia did not come easily to her, and she realised at a very early stage that if she were to have any hope of following her dream, she would need to roll her sleeves up ...

People in this episode

Host: Tony Ryan

Guest: Olivia Lane

Topics covered

• career development
• serendipity
• apprenticeship
• engineering
• medicine

Keywords

• apprenticeship
• engineering
• career change
• serendipity
• medicine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon, Design & Technology Association

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