In February 2018, Sabina Leybold joined the waiting list for a PhillyCHImeetup while sitting in the Sea-Tac Airport just outside of Seattle. She was headed to a friend’s apartment in Philly, where she would crash for a few weeks and start the process of finding a house and a job. Ten hours later, she attended her first Philly tech meetup just hours after stepping off the plane.

By the end of the month, the Oregon native moved into a rental in South Philly’s East Passyunk neighborhood, which she found with a roommate that she met online. And in April, she started as the Social & MarCom Coordinator at the Manayunk office of San Francisco-based agency Hero Digital.

So what is it like to take the plunge, moving to a new city while still figuring out a plan? Leybold shares her experience in the latest installment of our Entrance Exam series.

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