{"id":5440,"date":"2018-06-29T09:33:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T13:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metinternational\/?page_id=5440"},"modified":"2018-06-29T12:02:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T16:02:08","slug":"valentin-mercier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metinternational\/alumni-profiles\/valentin-mercier\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentin Mercier"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Group selfie with classmates in Boston.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the spring of 2017, Valentin Mercier arrived in Boston with two major goals. The first was to obtain an M.S. in Computer<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Information Systems<\/a><\/span> at Boston University Metropolitan College (BU MET) through the degree pathway program. The second was to get hired by one of the Silicon Valley giants. By the time he graduated from BU MET at the end of the summer, he\u2019d accomplished both goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cBU is one of the most prestigious universities in the world,\u201d Mercier explains, \u201cand the fact that it was in the United States helped me get visibility from companies like Google and Amazon, where I interviewed. As soon as I arrived at BU, I could meet people working there at career fairs and meetups, and that really helped me create a network that eventually\u00a0led me to interview for those companies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before arriving in Boston, Mercier had already obtained a master\u2019s degree in computer science at ECE Paris – Graduate School of Engineering<\/a><\/span>, one of BU MET International\u2019s institutional partners. He\u2019d also co-founded two startups: Smart Pap, which he describes on LinkedIn<\/a><\/span> as \u201cUber for students and tutors in France,\u201d and HutWorks, which was designed \u201cto build from scratch, monetize and sell high traffic websites.\u201d Mercier has since sold both of his startups.<\/p>\n

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Valentine and some of his fellow MET International students out to dinner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While at BU, Mercier learned valuable technical and human lessons. \u201cThe most important one,\u201d he says, \u201cwas to trust myself, even when it is not obvious. That led me to pass Google\u2019s interview.\u201d He particular enjoyed the cloud computing class taught by Dr. Dino Konstantopoulous, which he describes as captivating, advanced and high quality. Any free time Mercier had while studying in Boston was spent working on his startups, preparing for job interviews, playing squash and hanging out with fellow students.<\/p>\n

Mercier now lives in Switzerland and works as a G Suite software engineer for Google. He enjoys working on projects that positively impact millions of people, and hopes to play a role in how artificial intelligence improves and shapes our lives in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost importantly,\u201d says Mercier, \u201cI want to put my skills to good use to make the world a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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