As someone in my first job out of university, I value the amount of responsibility I am given in my role. Our managers place a huge amount of trust in us to direct our work and develop our own conclusions. It is very rewarding to realise that you can personally have an impact on the outcome of a project and on the client involved. We are given a lot of leeway to take initiative, which has been particularly apparent in the social impact work I have done. Recently, a colleague and I developed an intensive mentoring program between BCG consultants and disadvantaged students at Debney Park Secondary College. The partners and senior staff have been incredibly supportive and we have complete ownership over the program, with the flexibility to run it as we see fit. It's great for us to be able to use our skills to give back to the community, and I think we will be able to make a tangible difference in the lives of those students.