On my first day in Berlin, I thought my seven years worth of learning the German language would help me get around the city. I was wrong. The taxi driver who drove me from the airport to my hotel was talking at me rather than talking to me. I laughed and nodded at almost every…

Because my workplace does a lot of international work, the main language spoken is English. While most of the employees in my workplace are more than competent in speaking German, being that it is a second language for many, it has become very apparent that English is the universal language. While some of the other…

Vencon Research had a company barbeque yesterday afternoon and it was an absolute blast. It’s one of the few opportunities in the work year (or work three-months for me) to get to talk to people about non-work related activities. During the beginning of this week, Vencon Research introduced three new full-time members to its staff:…

It is officially July which means I’m in my last month of my stay in Germany–two months sure did go by really fast. In the last two months or so, I learned a lot about the structure of management consulting firms like Vencon Research. Although a lot of work the employees in my company involves…

Before I begin my discussion, I want to first mention that a vulgar word is used once, but is not used for my own personal expression. Rather, it is used to define a term that is very real and representative of sentiments that exist in different kinds of societies and situations. In this blog post,…

-Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Travel- A few weeks ago, I visited my host brother Luca in Osterwald Unterende, Hannover. Three years ago, I had the wonderful opportunity of experiencing Germany for the first time through participating in an exchange program in high school. During my three week stay, I went to Luca’s school the Geschwister…

In an earlier blog post, I discussed the importance of embracing and experiencing diversity. This week, I was able to catch a glimpse of these diverse communities which exist in Berlin. Being exposed to diversity and to learn from different cultures, stories, and ideas are the reasons why I wanted to come back to Germany…

~An analysis of the industry, company issues, and value of network principles~ Tomorrow marks nearly four weeks since I’ve been interning for Vencon Research, a global provider of compensation benchmarking data to the world’s leading management, IT, strategy, and consulting firms. The field of consulting compensation metrics is a relatively small field, but the data provided…

Before I start on the main topic, I’m going to digress a little bit and briefly talk about my internship. Having finished my second week of internship experience in Germany, I have gained a lot of knowledge about legislative benefits. Because public health is such a demanding field all around the world, knowledge about pensions,…