'You can address the CEO informally here'

“Blockchain was a hot topic during my degree program, and I got involved with cryptocurrency to some extent myself as well. I wanted to study that in more depth. For my thesis, I looked at what components you can use to measure the performance of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), an overarching concept of different technologies, like blockchain.”

“Yes, that went very smoothly actually. From February to the end of June, I was working on my thesis and I was at the office every day. Because of that, I saw and spoke with many people at Insights & Data (I&D) on a daily basis. There was already a click there. In April, I was asked whether I wanted to continue at Capgemini. During my graduate internship, I was already able to get a good sense of the atmosphere. That immediately made up my mind.”

“Certainly! During my final year, I also attended in-house days at two other companies. Another consultancy company and a well-known online retailer. In the end, I liked it much better here and you really have the opportunity to develop here. You also see multiple businesses here. So the combination of the work as consultant, the IT and the atmosphere at Capgemini ultimately really appealed to me.”

“I started as a business intelligence consultant at I&D in August and I have been working on the Financial and Agriculture Recommendation (FARM) project. This is an internal project that arose from our participation in the IBM Worldwide Watson Build competition, in which we’ve even managed to secure a spot in the European final!”:

“Via the FARM project, we help small farmers in third-world countries like Kenya. To do this, we work with Agrics, a social enterprise based in East Africa. FARM is a data platform that can make various predictions based on geographic information systems, historical data, weather data, satellite images and photos from farmers. It can make predictions on how fertile the soil is, for instance, what the yield will be, what risks may be at play and to what extent the farmer will be able to repay his loan. By sharing information, making predictions and providing insight, we can eliminate uncertainties and in doing so help local farmers run their family businesses, with the help of organizations like Agrics.”

“At Capgemini, if there is something you want, you have to go for it. So shortly after I was hired, I went to someone from our CoZone. I told him what I wanted to do and asked whether they had something for me. It just so happened that the project for IBM was starting at that point. This project immediately gave me the opportunity to learn more technical skills, such as programming in R and Python.”

“Comfortable and actually very relaxed. You can literally talk to anyone and even address the CEO of I&D informally. If there is something the matter and you let them know, they also take it very seriously. And you get the help you need. I also find that the fun I have with colleagues is one of the best things about my work.”

“Absolutely! Haha. We organize an indoor soccer tournament at I&D once a month, for instance, in which anyone can join. That really is a lot of fun! We also regularly go for drinks, we had a weekend away a few months ago and I’ve got a ski trip planned with colleagues soon as well!”

“During your internship, you are genuinely given personal guidance, you have regular contact and you get the help you need. And you might even get the opportunity to stay on afterwards. Now that there is a new graduate internship concept at Capgemini, there’s a little part of me that wishes I had started my thesis one year later. Haha. I also had a look around at other companies, but Capgemini is simply much more fun. So there is still a great deal to keep me busy here for a while.”

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