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Working as a front-end software intern at the San Mateo office of Wonder Workshop.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Part of the team responsible for the web interface for our product, Cue. Site at: https://code.makewonder.com/cue/

Key Learning Points:

• Have become much more familiar with build processes and building a new prototype project from scratch in a short period of time to validate with consumers and iterate.
• At the same time, I have learnt to manage larger codebases and older software.
• Have become extremely comfortable with Typescript and React.
• Learnt how sprints work and got first hand experience with making regular software releases and fixing bugs.
• Learnt how software engineering occurs in startups at a much higher level with product managers, engineers, QA leads, sales etc.
• Still learning new things everyday!

Worked as a teaching assistant for one of the foundational CS courses taught in our school for the semester.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Conducted weekly tutorial sessions for a group of 8 CS Freshmen, to reinforce fundamental concepts taught in lectures.
• Carefully mentored these students and worked through their queries via regular consultation sessions outside of class.
• Set and graded assignments for the students.
• Helped to create programming contests for students to attempt and processed their submissions via many self-written scripts.

Key Learning Points:

• Learnt to be able to adapt to many new technologies and languages on the go (Markdown, XML, Latex).
• Got to experience working in a big team for the first time for a tech related project and learnt more about the git feature branch workflow.
• Learnt more about my own capabilities and just how much responsiblity I could actually manage at one go.

Interned as a IT Support and as an understudy to the administrator of the company's servers.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Placed in charge of carrying out onsite installation of software sold by our company.
• Helped setup local file-sharing networks for the clients if necessary and provide client support via TeamViewer, phone calls or going on site.
• Acted as an administrator for the company's server.

Key Learning Points:

• Learnt to be quick on my feet and be able to tackle problems spontaneously as they come.
• Learnt a great deal about the network stack and setup of Remote Desktop Connection on Windows Computers.
• Learnt more about the common pain points of the consumer when using a software and kept this in mind when designing my own software later on.

Currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and will expect to complete my course in 2020.