Twelve months. Twelve months I’ve spent with two teams, four projects, heaps of technology, friends, mentors, deadlines, crunch time, rewards, comradery and clients. The kid who shakily agreed to a tech consulting internship a year ago might not recognize me today; the chip buffed out of my shoulder, gaze steady, speech thoughtful and clear. I’ve been given direction and seen progress. I have my fantastic colleagues and managers to thank for this.

So, what exactly did I do this year?

  1. January -> July - QA, CMS Development for a Canadian hospital specializing in mental health.
  2. July -> August - According to my journal, I only struggled with a preprocessor written in PHP?
  3. September -> October - QA for an extension to the CMS for a Canadian bank.
  4. October -> November - Development to extend the CMS for a Canadian airline.
  5. November - Had the pleasure of attending MNP’s Consulting Bootcamp in Toronto.
  6. November -> December - Airline CMS + Work on AEM prototype for client bid.

I sent my coworkers this note:


Hello MNP Kanata,

During the past twelve months, I have spoken attentively with each of you, and been rewarded with a heap of valuable lessons. Your guidance has enabled me to take a confident first step into this competitive and rewarding industry. I enter my next two years of University a far more resourceful, socially intelligent, competent kid.

I can’t thank you all enough for this.

R

Please keep in touch:

Email: ryan.fleck@protonmail.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-c-fleck
Github: RyanFleck – https://ryanfleck.github.io


I’ll wrap up what I learned during the term into another post. A link will be placed here when that article is released. If you are a coworker and have read this far, connect with me on LinkedIn.


RCF