MY INTERNSHIP EXPERINCE AT SYNPULSE: Cole Torres
I am Cole Torres from the Philippines. I'm currently in my last semester of college at Ateneo de Manila University. I major in Computer Science, and specializing in Data Science and Analytics. I have been a Pathways participant since Grade 11. Also, I have been joining Pathways academies, including the Synpulse Project Management Academy.
In December 2019, I joined the Synpulse Project Management Academy. I did not hesitate to join because although Project Management was new to me at that time, I wanted to learn about the field, and also to make new friends. I learned a lot about Project Management skills in the Synpulse Academy. At first, I did not know anything about Project Management, and I was not familiar with it. I realized eventually that Project Management is an essential skill, whether in school organizations or in the corporate world. Throughout the academy, although my team and I did not get an award in the end, I had so much fun planning and developing a project along with my groupmates. Kuya Rod and Kuya Antti of Synpulse are some of the mentors I got to know, and they really did their best in teaching us. I am really grateful for the friendships that I have cultivated with everyone from the academy. I will always cherish all the sleepless nights that were spent in the academy to learn Project Management, and bonding moments with everyone. If it weren’t for them, I would not be able to apply the Project Management skills that I learned in my school organization projects, and in my internship at Synpulse as well.
Graduation photo with the Synpulse mentors and my co-SPMA participants
I also had the opportunity to intern at Synpulse Manila from June 2021 to August 2021. When I first heard that Synpulse would be willing to give an internship for Pathways students, I was really excited because I knew that I would learn so much both in technical and soft-skills skills at Synpulse.
During our first day, the excitement within me escalated. We were introduced as interns at Synpulse, and we did our onboarding sessions. The following days were the internship process. We had an internship mentor who did a great job bestowing his knowledge in Software Development, and as well as life lessons. He helped us in working on our project, which was developing certain features for the Google Nest to help them in their day-to-day work and well-being, which is now used by Synpulsians. He made sure that we were always challenged by what we were doing in order to have growth. Alongside a Junior Software Engineer and my co-intern, we were able to accomplish our project for the internship. There were ups and downs in the process of making the project, but through grit and teamwork we were able to pull it through. I remember when we were running out of time to pass our project, I was so anxious because we had not reached midway yet of the project completion; however, we stayed focused and committed to finish the project, and I was so glad we did.
Moreover, I am really grateful for the people I met and made friends with at the company. I could not imagine that I would be able to not just learn Software Development, but also to network with employees across several departments both locally and internationally. I really did enjoy the stand up meetings we did everyday. It gave me a sense of how it really was in the corporate world. We were sharing to each other the work we were doing, and also some stuff outside work which was a relief because initially, I thought that we were supposed to talk about work all the time in the meetings. I felt the genuine camaraderie among us during the meetings, they made me realize that there are more things that matter other than just work, and we should give importance to them.
Overall, I did really enjoy my internship experience at Synpulse. After my internship, I really did realize that I wanted to pursue what excites me more, which is Data Science and Analytics track. Having a Software Development internship was a blessing to me, it made me realize that it is okay to be more “specialized” rather than “generalized” in the tech industry. During the internship, I was discerning, and made an adamant decision to stick with the Data field. Nonetheless, I will definitely hold on to the learnings I had all throughout the internship, as I pursue a career in Data Science.
Project presentation of Synpulse Interns with Synpulse employees
I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to Synpulse, Aiducation, Pathways and GYLA community for giving me a wonderful opportunity to attend the Synpulse Academy and to intern at Synpulse Company. I will always be thankful for the opportunity.
written by Cole Torres - AiduTalent,Philippines