Second Month of Internship
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Second Month of Internship

How My Second Month of Internship Went

Give a summary of your accomplishments for the last month.

  • Bug fixes
  • Developed a feature to automate deletion of old files from the platform
  • Investigated Jenkins scripts to fix pipelines

What knowledge/skills (both technical and non-technical) did you gain from the internship last month?

  • Bash scripting
  • Writing integration tests using mocks
  • Developed a better understanding of Docker images and Kubernetes pods in the process of deployment
  • Learning to communicate effectively with different stakeholders, including product owners and QA team etc. on the product requirements and specifications

What are the difficulties/challenges you faced during the past month, if any? How did you overcome (or plan to overcome) them?

  • Had to look through long lists of logs to discover issues in Jenkins pipelines, slowly traced the logs back to the code and found the root issues.
  • Clarifying the specifications for the new feature, there were many edge cases that had to be considered during development + unfamiliarity with the platform, which took some time for me to understand.

What do you plan to accomplish during the next month?

  • Stick close to ticket deadlines, unless there are special circumstances.
  • Write clean and reusable code, as the current code will very likely be reused in the future.