Mobile Academy experience
At NEW WORK Valencia we started this year the first edition of our Student Mobile Academy.
We are piloting a model to develop future professionals which combines training on the job and bootcamp models. We are providing a real working context, with real projects and challenges, so our students can put their knowledge in practice, keep learning and super-important, gain insights about where they want to develop further in their professional future.We truly believe that training on the job is the fastest and coolest way to become part of the software industry as a professional.
Our students work within existing teams, participating in every single ceremony and shipping our product from the very beginning of in their journey with us. They also have a dedicated mentor, acting as the key person to answer any questions and guide them through this adventure.The icing on the cake is the Academy flavor.
So, it’s not only the amazing opportunity of joining a real product team and having a mentor, but as working students they get trained by other colleagues in the company about different set of topics , from agile mindset and frameworks, going through all our internal tooling and of course, in Android and IOS platforms (since we’re piloting on Mobile!).
Having this academy option, pays off not only on the knowledge side, but also on the networking opportunities beyond their primary teams, expanding the experience from a team to a company scope.
We’re on our first round and so far the plan seems to be rocking it! We had a chat with a student who participated in this project, Diana Hernández tells us about her experience in this program.
1. What’s your favourite part of being a student at New Work SE?
The best part of being a student at New Work SE is the chance to work alongside great professionals and better persons and learn from them every day.
I also like being able to get to know a real work environment with colleagues from different regions and cultures.
2. How has your experience been so far?
It’s being an incredible experience, I am learning every day how a great company like this works, and how to communicate with different teammates with different roles.
It is an excellent opportunity for me to open my mind and gain work experience. I am very excited about it. I’m going to seize this opportunity.
3. What would you say to girls who want to enter the Software Engineering world?
I would tell them that the time for doing it is now, if you really like technology, and everything that the future has to offer, do not think about it and do it.
We have great female references in this field, but not enough, we need more, and I am sure that you will find the first of them at college, as I was able to find great female teachers who inspired me and made me want to be better every day.
Thanks to their help, I am where I am now and I am very grateful to them for their support during the last four years.
