#50: The EU Bubble; Getting a Career; Work-Life Balance; Overcoming Temporariness; Becoming a Local
In this episode of Beyond the Bubble, Andras speaks with Dutch EU civil servant Jeroen Reijnen about his book Big In Brussels: The Art of Working and Living in the EU Bubble, which blends career guidance with a personal and human look at life around the EU institutions.
Jeroen recounts his path from early internships to 17 years in a liberal political group in the European Parliament and then to the European Commission, and explains how interviews and lunches with people across the Brussels ecosystem shaped the book’s focus on both getting in and thriving.
They discuss the differences between…
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