A few stories that do not quite fit on a one-page résumé.
My CV outlines what I can do. This page shares more about what has shaped me, how I adapt, what I enjoy, and what I keep learning beyond work and university.
A slightly less technical page, and a little more personal.
01
Adaptation & independence
A student job that became a real lesson in adaptation.
I have been working at Lidl since September 2024 on a permanent part-time student contract, mainly on weekends. I had arrived from Cameroon a few months earlier and wanted to settle into my new environment quickly while becoming more financially independent. Working in a supermarket gave me the chance to meet many people and discover everyday life in France in a very practical way.
At first, many things were new to me: euro coins, some products, customers’ habits and, above all, the pace of the store. Today, I can move from stocking shelves to checkout, work through two pallets of fresh products before opening, welcome and advise customers, or handle a more difficult situation when needed.
This experience has taught me to adapt quickly, work with very different personalities and stay organized while balancing studies and a job. When I started, people used to tell me: “You can tell you’re new, you smile too much. It’ll pass.” It never did.
Lidl · permanent part-time student role since September 2024.
02
Football & teamwork
My longest-standing passion, and probably the one I never get tired of.
I have played football since childhood, most often on the left side or in attack. When I was younger, my passion went well beyond the pitch. I could memorize almost by heart the starting lineups of the five strongest teams in each of Europe’s five major leagues, along with their managers, standings and tactical systems. The many hours I spent in FIFA Career Mode probably had something to do with it.
What I especially like about the sport is the balance between individual expression and collective success. You can enjoy dribbling, accelerating or scoring, but an action only really matters when it helps the team. Football has taught me to understand my role, trust others, adapt to what is happening around me and accept that a pass can sometimes be a better decision than a shot.
This passion has taken me through many competitions. I have won the inter-community tournament twice, once as captain, and I was runner-up in an inter-university championship in 2018. I still play regularly in Angers today.
At my first match with my current group, nobody knew me, so I started on the bench. I came on with about thirty minutes left, scored twice and won a penalty. I haven’t been back on the bench since.
Inter-community tournament · football in competition.A one-on-one duel during the inter-community tournament.
My first entrepreneurial venture, built with my family.
With my two older sisters, we launched Famille Bio Care, a small online cosmetics business serving mainly customers in Cameroon. Some of the products were imported from the United States, while Facebook and WhatsApp helped us present them, talk with customers and handle requests. Some customers also looked for specific products we did not have, so we would try to source them.
Because I was the most comfortable with digital tools, I naturally took care of much of the online presence: communication, social media marketing and visual content created with Canva. I later reduced my involvement to focus on my MSc while the activity continued to operate.
This first experience showed me that even a small business already requires a lot of consistency. You need to listen to customers, explain clearly what you offer, respond to requests and keep communication active over time. It also gave me a taste for building projects from scratch.
For now, my priority is to keep building my professional experience in Data and cybersecurity. Entrepreneurship remains something I would like to return to later, with more experience and more time to devote to it.
Famille Bio Care · a family project.
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International journey & curiosity
Bangladesh: my first long-term experience abroad.
After high school, a scholarship enabled me to study Computer Science and Engineering at IUT in Bangladesh. It was the first time I had lived away from my family for an extended period and had to build my daily life almost independently in a country I knew almost nothing about.
I studied alongside students from many countries across Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Living every day alongside so many cultures, habits and ways of thinking made me more independent, more open-minded and much more comfortable with change. The experience also prepared me for another period of adaptation when I later moved to France.
Most importantly, it taught me not to keep my distance from what I do not know. I got into the habit of observing, asking questions and trying to understand before forming an opinion. It is a reflex I have kept.
Today, that curiosity shows up in the way I follow developments in Data, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. I keep an eye on alerts, specialist communities and how the skills employers look for evolve in job postings. But my curiosity is not limited to technology. I also care a lot about personal development and regularly learning something new, even when it seems small at the time.
IUT, Bangladesh · graduation day.
In short
Different settings, the same approach to learning and moving forward.
I like to understand the environments I enter, learn what I do not know yet and gradually find my place. These experiences show what a CV captures less well: how I adapt, learn and work with others.
