21-year-old Gaby Goldberg describes the cold email and surprise phone call that landed her a VC job

It was October, 2019, and Goldberg had just spent weeks applying to, and getting rejected from, dozens of jobs in consulting. She felt lost and demoralized, unsure of what to do with her life. On a whim, she decided to move to Israel. Goldberg's initial plan was to learn Hebrew and take a break from college, and her degree in Symbolic Systems (a major that combines philosophy, psychology, and computer science), disconnecting herself from a world where she constantly felt the pressure to work hard and prove herself. "I decided it would be a good time to honestly take a risk and explore, because I had nothing locked down for myself," she told Business Insider. But less than a year after making that decision, she landed a full-time role as an analyst at Bessemer Venture Partners, the prestigious Silicon Valley firm with offices across the world that's backed countless tech giants, including Shopify, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. Here's how she did it. Her move to Israel was scheduled for Janua

It was October, 2019, and Goldberg had just spent weeks applying to, and getting rejected from, dozens of jobs in consulting. She felt lost and demoralized, unsure of what to do with her life. On a whim, she decided to move to Israel. Goldberg's initial plan was to learn Hebrew and take a break from college, and her degree in Symbolic Systems (a major that combines philosophy, psychology, and computer science), disconnecting herself from a world where she constantly felt the pressure to work hard and prove herself. "I decided it would be a good time to honestly take a risk and explore, because