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piece of hardware and knowing it will be used by someone, and that’s confirmed my desire to seek a job of that nature.

Second Year Undergraduate, MPhys Physics, Remote working

Work Projects

I worked on an import tool for a large data file that

allowed to import to be run via a separate web

container, allowing the person running the import

to be able to work on separate projects while the import was running, as opposed to the

initial local import there was before. I received lots of support from several mentors within

the company when requested, and the work difficulty was adjusted to my ability.

Daily Life

When working from home I worked standard 9am-5pm hours with a half hour lunch break.

This meant I was able to do most of what I wanted to relax after the internship finished in

the evening.

Lasting Impressions

I enjoyed the opportunity to see how the software development industry works, and I have

gained skill in several new programming languages, as well as knowledge of how real-world

employment works.

Second Year Undergraduate, MMathsCompSci Mathematics and Computer Science, A mixture of in-person and remote working

Work Projects

The organization I interned for runs the Sport

England Active Lives website, which is a tool

for querying exercise and health data about

people all over the UK. The main project I

worked on as an intern was to build a cloud

import tool for the CSV data files that Sport

England sends to the organization every few months and in doing so to outsource the task

of uploading this data to the website to the cloud, which saves the organization computing

power and time.

More specifically, I researched containers and learned how to create/delete one

programmatically as part of this project, built the website that runs the cloud import tool,

and transferred old import code to the new cloud import tool. I was successful in all of these

tasks, which I think counts as an achievement - some more specific achievements were

figuring out how to create and delete containers programmatically and learning how to

create a container with a Dockerfile, figuring out how to add real-time updates to the

website, and giving a well-received company-wide presentation on the project at the end of

the internship.

For the last few weeks of the internship, I worked on smaller projects for various

departments within the host organization: I did some product testing and bug-finding,

contributed to a styleguide for one of the organization's longstanding products, and spent a

few days shadowing the technical support team. The host organization was extremely

supportive and helpful! The other intern and I had daily meetings with mentors and weekly

meetings with our line manager, and the organization made it very clear who we could and

should go to with questions and concerns. Whenever I needed help or support, I knew who

to ask and would get a very quick response.

Daily Life

My internship was largely remote. I made sure to

work in a specific room of the house that wasn't my

bedroom and would try to get up to walk around

and take breaks every so often. My lunchtime was

variable but I always made sure to completely shut

off my work computer while I was on my lunch break and do something else instead.

I did work overtime a few days by my own choice (it was much easier to, since there was no

commute time), but I also always made sure to completely shut off my work computer in the evenings and on the weekends. I spent that time reading/embroidering/going on walks/etc.