Careers with STEM: Technology 2021

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ur final year at uni can eal-world experience in yo t subjects. It could even help you smash those las position at one of the lead to a full-time graduate panies in the world. fastest-growing tech com u can spend 12 weeks As an Atlassian intern, yo or tech company part-time, working for the Australian are tw sof in ng – specialisi during your summer break and analytics, and more. ta da ty, development, securi ough t for community work thr You can also take time ou rs tee One team of volun the Atlassian Foundation. for Black Duck Foods’ tailored the Trello platform ! Indigenous grain network , there’s something sts ere int ur yo “Whatever Melbourne-based associate for you at Atlassian,” says iti Venkatesh. Aditi product manager intern Ad rt-time while finishing is working as an intern pa and Computer Science at a Bachelor of Commerce Monash University. e technical and Product managers combin alyse customers’ needs, non-technical skills to an ies and collaborate with identify market opportunit is fits perfectly with other teams on projects. Th . “I’ve done quite a few Aditi’s skills and interests I’ve been looking for that technical internships, but she says. one cross-functional role,”

Aditi Venkatesh Product Manager Intern linkedin.com/in/aditivenkatesh1/ Bachelor of Commerce and Computer Science, Monash University Data Scientist, WhyHive

New Zealand-based Ashle y Harris started his associ ate product manager internsh ip with Atlassian while studying a Bachelor of Sc ience (Computer Science and Statistics) at The Universi ty of Auckland. “It’s a unique opportunity to launch your career. You’r e given a huge amount of res ponsibility,” Ashley says. Ashley worked on the pro ject management tools Trello, Confluence and Jira during his internship, and now works part-time as an associate product manager . “I get to work with differen t types of people in different teams, doing a va riety of cool stuff,” he say s.

Empowering journey

WORDS BY NADINE CRANENBURGH

Product Manager Intern (Ecosystem Platform), Atlassian

Leadership in action

It makes you feel like your work matters and the results are important” Sarah Tan

Sydney-based software developer intern Sarah Tan, a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) University of New South Wales grad, has enjoyed the opportunity to find projects she’s interested in and feel like she’s making a real impact. “It's empowering. It makes you feel like your work matters and the results are important,” Sarah says. As well as honing her coding skills, Sarah has also had the chance to dabble in software engineering – by learning about the architecture of software solutions.

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Summer Trainee Engineering Program Intern (Next Billion Users), Google

it's a unique opportunity to launch your career” Ashley Harris

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