was just at a company presentation at accenture, a consulting company. they invited computer scientists/it students from kth, and then a few from stockholm university. we were about 25 or so in total.
they started off with some presentation about how it is working there, one of the senior executives told us a bit about his experiences there, and finally a quite recently hired employee also told some stuff about his thoughts. then we had time for questions, and before dinner there was a challenge for us.
we were supposed to with the help of some random accessories design a modular solution on how to starting from point A, blow up a balloon at point D. between these points were intermediaries B and C, and the point was that each step should be possible to isolate and test, A -> B, B -> C, and C -> D. we were split up into groups of about 8-9, and each group was again split into three teams, which each was responsible for one of these modules. we started out by designing, then building, and finally testing before we went "live". the criteria for who would win was a combination of efficiency, modularity, scalability, speed and creativity.
my group came up with an incredibly cool solution (not much thanks to me), that was basically the same module tripled, with the balloon being punctured in the end. it was a very simple solution as well, so we had very few things that could go wrong. basically if one of the modules worked, the two others would work too. unfortunately, at the time of show, the balloon didn't get punctured, due to a slight misplacement of it. however, with some minor adjustments, it worked. and on top of that, it went quickly. it was almost instant, whereas the two other groups took ~2 seconds or so, even though their solutions were very creative and quite cool. I'll have pictures and videos coming up later.
we wrapped the evening up with a dinner and dessert, and at the end of it they announced the winners. by my description in the previous paragraphs, you have probably concluded that my group won. and we did. no idea what the prize is, it seemed to get stuck on the way, so we'll have to wait for a few days until it arrives. not that that's the most important thing, but it's always fun.
as for working at accenture, I guess it's a possibility for the future. compared to for example mckinsey, their project span is far wider, ranging from strategy and analysis, all the way to implementation, testing and outsourcing. this means that it's possible to get a broader experience and one can try out different things within the same company, to find out one's niche and preference. they have also shifted a bit from recruiting only newly finished people (apparently used to be 99%) to a bit more balanced (60-40), so that's good for me in the future.
however, I must say that I am very happy where I am right now, and I don't see the need to change for the sake of changing. we will see what the future holds in store, but it's an option for later on at least.
they started off with some presentation about how it is working there, one of the senior executives told us a bit about his experiences there, and finally a quite recently hired employee also told some stuff about his thoughts. then we had time for questions, and before dinner there was a challenge for us.
we were supposed to with the help of some random accessories design a modular solution on how to starting from point A, blow up a balloon at point D. between these points were intermediaries B and C, and the point was that each step should be possible to isolate and test, A -> B, B -> C, and C -> D. we were split up into groups of about 8-9, and each group was again split into three teams, which each was responsible for one of these modules. we started out by designing, then building, and finally testing before we went "live". the criteria for who would win was a combination of efficiency, modularity, scalability, speed and creativity.
my group came up with an incredibly cool solution (not much thanks to me), that was basically the same module tripled, with the balloon being punctured in the end. it was a very simple solution as well, so we had very few things that could go wrong. basically if one of the modules worked, the two others would work too. unfortunately, at the time of show, the balloon didn't get punctured, due to a slight misplacement of it. however, with some minor adjustments, it worked. and on top of that, it went quickly. it was almost instant, whereas the two other groups took ~2 seconds or so, even though their solutions were very creative and quite cool. I'll have pictures and videos coming up later.
we wrapped the evening up with a dinner and dessert, and at the end of it they announced the winners. by my description in the previous paragraphs, you have probably concluded that my group won. and we did. no idea what the prize is, it seemed to get stuck on the way, so we'll have to wait for a few days until it arrives. not that that's the most important thing, but it's always fun.
as for working at accenture, I guess it's a possibility for the future. compared to for example mckinsey, their project span is far wider, ranging from strategy and analysis, all the way to implementation, testing and outsourcing. this means that it's possible to get a broader experience and one can try out different things within the same company, to find out one's niche and preference. they have also shifted a bit from recruiting only newly finished people (apparently used to be 99%) to a bit more balanced (60-40), so that's good for me in the future.
however, I must say that I am very happy where I am right now, and I don't see the need to change for the sake of changing. we will see what the future holds in store, but it's an option for later on at least.
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