Christian

"Thanks to my internship and again the career fellowship, um, uh, I was able to connect with engineers at Target."

"A lot of monitoring has to be done to make sure that our applications are healthy and sending marketing messages; we also monitor for bugs."

"Towards the end of the day, I connect with my manager to share what I worked on, what I completed, and what to expect next."

"Every day is kind of new. You're able to work with new technology, learn new programming languages, learn new tech stacks."

"Only by collaborating with other engineers in your team can you really propel and succeed."

"It's very cool to be able to work on an application from start to finish, complete it within a certain amount of time and say, 'I built an API or a website and it serves millions of guests.'"

"People who thrive in the tech industry are people who are able to adapt to new technology."

"you had to be adaptable and you have to have good learning strategies. And sometimes that can be just as important as being an expert in any one language"

"Take advantage while you're in college to apply to as many of these programs as you can."

"You have to always be passionate about self-improvement."

"college is incredibly busy. You have to juggle classes and extracurricular activities, but if you can make time for those side projects, I think that will really set you up for success in the career"

"I've had to rely on mentors and finding role models that I relate to and look up to."