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My Project
In the beginning phases of the summer school, your mentor assigns you a mini project, Well, that is if you are in Web development like I was, each candidate is given about 4 days to complete the project and present it on presentation day. I was tasked to make a budget...
Viral Summer School
I had a very pleasant summer school experience, not knowing what to expect. I thought it was going to be uptight and boring, luckily for me and my fellow mates, this wasn't the case. The mentors are super friendly which makes learning more exciting, in fact, I got to...
Presentation-Final day
My last day of summer school and this meant presenting my work. I had been exposed to a lot, but the most important factor was not to make it boring and reflect on the week as a whole. From the reactions I received, it sounded like I did a good job, even though I felt...
Day at the office-Day 3
Today I was situated at the immedia office, I got to meet some of the geek team members, and perform my work tasks there. I targeted networking security factors today and got introduced to a lot of new concepts, such as types of firewalls and the key differences. I...
Introduction into networking setups-Day 2
A common factor that I have learned in my work experience is that all things begin with small steps. Today I was introduced to the basics of cabling and fundamentals of networking, this included learning about UTP, STP, and color relations, as well as software based...
Meeting my mentor-day 1
The day started with a remote Teams meeting (due to covid), and I got to meet my mentor. We discussed my interests and areas of the company that was tailored to me. As anyone would be, I was nervous (including the fact that I was late due to Eskom problems⊗), but my...
Presentation Day
Going to be doing my presentation to the immedia team and everyone that participated. I have everything prepared but still really really nervous...I'm not much of a talker.
Day 5
Due to nerves and a lack of work I spent the day fixing the final details of my presentation and writing out what I needed to cover in the premier.
Day 4
Today I went over some edits my mentor suggested and continued to familiarise the inner workings of the Fabrik system. Today was a preparation for the premiere tomorrow
Day 3
Today I compiled all my data into a PowerPoint presentation and did more research into the Fabrik system to increase my base knowledge of the system.
