My Spring'23 internship Experience at Vanguard
Kevin Solomon
Sr. Data Engineer at Vanguard | Apache Spark Admirer | Python | AWS | Hardcore Data Engineering Tech Enthusiast
Hi All, thanks again for visiting my post on my internship experience at Vanguard as a data engineer.
It has been one year since I commenced my internship at Vanguard, and every day has been a new learning experience for me, from solving intricate big data problems to providing optimized, insightful data for our data analysts gives me immense satisfaction that I have learnt new things at the end of each day.
The purpose of this post is to share three crucial tips on how to be successful during an internship, which can lead to a full-time job offer.
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Firstly, get an understanding on how things work in your team. It is very important to know your work and be really very good at it. Dont hesitate to reach out to your peers if you are stuck at your work. In my case, I am fortunate to work with exceptional peers like Vishal and Jonathan, who are always willing to lend their support when needed. Secondly, It is important to identify the common problems faced by your team and have ideas on how to address them. I am delighted that my manager, Anand, motivated the team to devise unconventional solutions to these issues. One such issue was how a new team member can solve the common data engineering issues faced by the team in general. As a result, I created an interactive Quora page for my team, enabling them to log their work-related questions and receive notifications when someone responds with an answer. That posted page will be public, and can be referred by anyone simply by searching for the error they are looking for.
Additionally, I demonstrated how to execute adhoc runs without CR (Change Request) approvals or CICD process by designing a Glue workflow diagram utilizing AWS state machines, and this idea was much appreciated as this idea can help team reduce their time during CR process for their adhoc runs and I was rewarded for this idea. Finally, networking with your peers and managers is vital. Building strong relationships and effective communication with them can open new opportunities and help you succeed.