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Josephine's perspective

Josephine is a member of our Business Technology Office, but not everything in her life revolves around technology. She's also an artist, experimental home cook, multi-linguist, and intrepid traveler.

August 2013

Hello everyone! I just returned from a lovely vacation week in Rome and started serving my new client in London.

My boyfriend has been working in London for some time so I've managed to work with clients here for the past eight months. One of the things I love about McKinsey is the high degree of flexibility to be where you want, doing what you love, with people that you enjoy. It's really that simple!

During some travels
Every engagement is a new adventure at McKinsey, and every day is a new challenge and opportunity to learn something new. It sounds like a cliché, but it's actually true! It doesn't mean there are not difficult moments at work, but it means that your adrenaline is high at all times and you never get bored with what you do. I can't imagine having an ordinary job again, working behind the same desk and around the same topic every day.

I'm really passionate about telecom and other tech topics that I used to work on as an engineer. McKinsey has really given me the opportunity to discover so many new (to me!) aspects of telecom. Pre-McKinsey, I was designing telephone chips, and now I'm designing the strategy for an entire industry in just one year. How cool is that? 

Until next time,
Josephine

Josephine

Associate
Business Technology Practice, Paris Office

Josephine holds a Masters degree in telecommunications engineering and worked as a digital signal processing engineer for an innovative start-up prior to joining McKinsey. Passionate about technology, she joined our Business Technology practice in our Paris office after earning her MBA from College des Ingenieurs in France. In her spare time, Josephine enjoys expressing her artistic side through drawing and experimenting with new cooking recipes.