 I joined the ECB because here you are at the heart of the European banking system. One of the first things I learned as an economist was that trust is the key to any economy and I feel that with my work at the ECB I can make a tangible contribution to making sure that people rely on the banking system. When I reach the office I usually have a cup of coffee and once I'm seated at the desk I check my mails and I make notes and I also prepare for the day, make a plan and organize. Today actually I have to give a presentation at a joint supervisory team meeting. My work is to support the joint supervisory teams in their day-to-day supervision of significant financial institutions. I feel very proud to be working here because I contribute to making banks safer and more resilient to future economic shocks. With other trainees I meet usually for lunches where we talk about everything our private lives or business things. On our first traineeship day we had an induction day where we met like 90% of us and since then we are friends, we're hanging out on weekends or during the week we are going to have some dinners or to the cinema. Visiting other German cities, trying German cuisine also getting involved with German culture, what really helps in settling down here. In my position within the graduate programme I have a couple of tasks that I'm solely responsible for but a big proportion of the work is actually done in teams and I've often had colleagues coming to me or me coming to colleagues saying we should work on this together or let's collaborate on this topic because it is interesting and it could be useful for the division and I've never seen that people wouldn't be willing to do this. If you want to learn more about the ECB and the work we do here visit our website and our social media channels.