Speaking at MIT in Cambridge, MA 
Speaking at Palo Alto, California 
Winning my first gold in freestyle wrestling 
🦁 “Chiara is an animal.” — Enio Borges, Brazil
🔥 “She is a force of nature.” — Elizma Briers, South Africa
🚀 “It wouldn’t surprise me if she winds up having a significant effect on the course on world events.”
— Sebastian Marshall, USA
I’m a Product Owner at Giant Swarm and co-creator of a cohort-based course on job hunting abroad.
Welcome to my online home. I write about job hunting abroad and knowledge management, among other things.
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I’ve been working in software since 2013, and have built and worked with remote and distributed teams across five continents. I’ve also been a management consultant, solopreneur, freestyle wrestler, and Olympic Hopeful. (LinkedIn)
Some projects I’ve worked on:
- I co-organized the 2015 GiveGetWin tour with Sebastian Marshall and Kai Zau, travelling North America by rail for two months and speaking at NYU, MIT, and 10+ other universities. I spoke about elite mathematics, powerlifting, and accelerated learning.
- I started co-writing a book on the modern history of Southern China’s Migrants. (Website) Parked it to prioritize my move to Germany. I still want to write this book
Elsewhere, my approach to work has been featured in NYT bestselling author Chris Guillebeau’s blog and in his book, and my writing in the New York Observer.
ENTJ, Enneagram Type Eight. I read a lot and sometimes write.
Some things I’ve written people have said they enjoy:
- Be a woman who wrestles
- Why I quit being an Olympic hopeful
- How I change careers so “easily”
- Be OK being misunderstood
- The day you become happy
- Sometimes, to take control means asking for help
Filipino Chinese. Born and raised in Manila. Living in Berlin, Germany.
You can email me at chiara@chiaracokieng.com
Last updated: Wed, 24. Feb 2021 in Berlin, Germany.