Zuzka, Head of Apify Store: 7 Years, Not 3 Months | Apify Doing Good

Zuzka joined Apify as its first hire from Czechitas, planning to stay three months before moving on to a bigger company. Seven years later she's Head of Store, running Apify's biggest product. And Hlídač shopů, the project she started on, now monitors discount fairness across the EU. *What's in this one* 🤔 🛒 *Fake discounts, exposed*: How Hlídač shopů shows whether a sale price was ever real. 💸 *A CZK 3,000 win*: The time she wrote to Alza about a washing machine, and they honored the old price. 🇪🇺 *EU scale*: Greece collected more in fines from shops than the EU paid for the whole project. 🚪 *A career swap that stuck*: Coming into IT through Czechitas, and what ownership and trust did for her. *Useful links* 🧑‍💻 🌱 Apify Doing Good: (fill in — page not live yet) 🛒 Hlídač shopů: https://www.hlidacshopu.cz 👩‍💻 Czechitas: https://www.czechitas.cz 🧑‍💻 Sign up for Apify: https://console.apify.com/sign-up 🛍️ Browse Apify Store: https://apify.com/store *Connect with Apify* 🌐 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/apify 🐦 X: https://x.com/apify 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/jyEM2PRvMU 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@apifytech *Chapters* 🧑‍🏫 0:00 Falling in love with Apify 0:16 What the Head of Store actually does 0:41 A Friday interview and a Monday start 1:02 The plan: three months, then Avast 1:26 Coming from Czechitas and swapping careers 2:02 How Hlídač shopů saves shoppers money 2:28 Writing to Alza, and getting the lower price 2:49 The EU project, and the Greece fines story 3:28 Why ownership and trust grow people 3:39 What she'd tell herself before joining