I wanted an adventure after college, so I traveled abroad. Now I feel pressure to match my family's success. After leaving high school early and later interning at Tesla, Georgia Witchel founded her own startup. Georgia Witchel Georgia Witchel left high school early and later interned as a software engineer at Tesla. The former professional ice climber now runs her own AI startup. Witchel says she feels pressure to make her startup succeed and match her family's success. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Georgia Witchel, an entrepreneur in her 20s who lives in New York. The following has been edited for length and clarity. In 2022, the summer after my junior year of college, I interned at Tesla as a software engineer. It was a busy summer. That June, CEO Elon Musk told employees that they had to work from the office at least 40 hours a week or risk losing their jobs. Later that month, Tesla laid off 10% of its workforce.…