Fig is an innovative platform dedicated to transforming career exploration. Our app offers a personalised approach to career planning, helping individuals discover their purpose and build clear, actionable roadmaps to achieve their professional goals. By combining an AI-driven career counselor, structured career roadmapping tools, and vibrant, industry-specific communities, Fig bridges the gap between uncertainty and career confidence. Our mission is to make career discovery engaging, accessible, and tailored to individual aspirations.
Founding team
Magan Chin
Magan Chin is an MPhil student in Technology Policy at Cambridge. She has a background in digital content creation and early-career advising, founding GenZBestie to help students navigate college, careers, and emerging tech fields. She recently graduated from Columbia University where she studied computational neuroscience and international affairs. She has also worked across many industries including finance, consulting, medicine, and government and thus personally knows the struggle of trying to figure out her career. Magan is passionate about the future of work and developing solutions to equip people for an AI-driven economy.
Stan van Baarsen
Stan van Baarsen is an MPhil student in Technology Policy at the University of Cambridge, with a dual background in Computer Science (Leiden University) and International Business (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). He is passionate about the intersection of technology, policy, and innovation, with a particular interest in sustainable development and technology’s impact on society. Stan focuses on fostering innovation through both technical and business perspectives. His diverse academic background in technology, business, and public economics equips him with a deep understanding of business and policy challenges. Stan has studied in the Netherlands, the US and the UK, giving him the broad global perspective needed to address many of today’s complex challenges.