Today, I work at Naval Group Pacific in Adelaide, Australia, as a VIE, (Volontaire International en Entreprise), international volunteer abroad, a position for young graduates working in a French company abroad.  Naval Group Pacific is a maritime research center, and a subsidiary of Naval Group, a European leader in naval defense. My role is to coordinate and to contribute to the development of a maritime simulation platform to train artificial intelligence algorithms for underwater drones. I participate in technical tasks, mostly software engineering, and in business development tasks with grants applications and by building relationships with local and international researchers.

Can you share a good memory from your time on the magazine’s board?

A good memory from my time on the magazine’s board was when we received our first printed edition as a new board. The first summer as a new board, we had to manage the association remotely without knowing each other and with a bit of uncertainty regarding the process. It resulted in a delay in the first publication. It was rewarding to finally discover the paper version or the work we had gathered and to be able to share it with our family and friends.

What were your main goals while being on the board, and did you achieve them?

My main goals as a deputy editor were to find enough writers, to proofread their articles, and to help the rest of the board with the organization of events and general management of the association.  It was not easy to recruit writers as it was the year after COVID-19, some new students were not really aware of the existence of the association and there were still a lot of courses taught remotely. TSE being a demanding school, students were often already really busy studying and did not have much time to commit to writing an article. But above all, students were often scared of not writing well enough for the association. It was important to remind them that an article does not have to be perfect and that two or three proofreaders would help them to make their article even better.

What skills did you develop while working for the magazine that are useful to you today?

Thanks to The TSEconomist, I have improved my writing skills in English, which is more than useful today as I live in an English-speaking country. It also helped me improve my ability to summarize and to report complex ideas which I believe is necessary in every job. I have developed management skills, defining and meeting deadlines and working with people from different backgrounds. When doing interviews for a work position, I have always mentioned working for the TSEconomist association and I believe that all recruiters have been interested. Being a member of the magazine is a concrete way of showing your ability to work with a team to produce an outcome within a given deadline.