Wrapping up internship ... Unwrapping Contribution
The one fear I had about the internship was not making it past the first month. Not only did this not come true but I made it till the end of the internship. The amazing thing that happened during the internship was the sudden boost in my self-esteem.
Outreachy internship helped me improve on my communication skills through my mentors; who are my accountability buddies and managers. It was easy to communicate progress, blockers, and feedback. The internship helped grow my debugging and problem-solving skills through blockers.😅 I always tried debugging issues while awaiting help from my mentors. I would go ahead with other tasks and take short breaks to debug...see if I'd catch something new.☺My coding skills did improve as well, through study (code learning and online learning) and practice. My mentors also had me explain my code sometimes to be sure that I understood what I was writing.
My Outreachy mentors helped me get help in situations where what I needed was not their specialization. They helped improve my writing and coding skills. I learned accountability while working with them. I picked up some tricks on replying to emails as well.😁 Outreachy helped build my confidence in making open source and free software contributions through the opportunity and platform to contribute to a project. I was able to publish 9 articles and cultivated the habit of scribbling ideas/notes on articles. I was able to cover 11 parameters(with many test cases) for integration tests for the API. 9 out of these changes have been merged as of today.😎
The next step for me is to continue with my contribution to the tests and pick up other tasks when I am done. I also intend to apply as an Outreachy mentor within the month. More to come
The one fear I had about the internship was not making it past the first month. Not only did this not come true but I made it till the end of the internship. The amazing thing that happened during the internship was the sudden boost in my self-esteem.
Outreachy internship helped me improve on my communication skills through my mentors; who are my accountability buddies and managers. It was easy to communicate progress, blockers, and feedback. The internship helped grow my debugging and problem-solving skills through blockers.😅 I always tried debugging issues while awaiting help from my mentors. I would go ahead with other tasks and take short breaks to debug...see if I'd catch something new.☺My coding skills did improve as well, through study (code learning and online learning) and practice. My mentors also had me explain my code sometimes to be sure that I understood what I was writing.
My Outreachy mentors helped me get help in situations where what I needed was not their specialization. They helped improve my writing and coding skills. I learned accountability while working with them. I picked up some tricks on replying to emails as well.😁 Outreachy helped build my confidence in making open source and free software contributions through the opportunity and platform to contribute to a project. I was able to publish 9 articles and cultivated the habit of scribbling ideas/notes on articles. I was able to cover 11 parameters(with many test cases) for integration tests for the API. 9 out of these changes have been merged as of today.😎
The next step for me is to continue with my contribution to the tests and pick up other tasks when I am done. I also intend to apply as an Outreachy mentor within the month. More to come
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