Week 9: Post 3

     In my role as an intern software engineer on a mobile application middleware team, I got the real deal of a developer's life, rather than just some low-priority summer project. I was part of the team, attending daily, weekly, and quarterly meetings for feature discussions and planning

As a newbie, I came into this not expecting to make a substantial contribution, thinking I'd spend the whole summer just trying to understand the codebase. However, my team and mentor pushed me to learn quickly and involved me by assigning tasks that exposed me to the various aspects of our projects. This helped me get a more comprehensive grasp of our work sooner than I expected.

One of my significant contributions was around the middle of my intern period. It was a quality-of-life ticket that I used to overhaul the entire backend logging system. With this, I made a lasting impact on the system, and it filled me with a great sense of achievement. The ticket was pretty drastic but absolutely necessary, and the feeling that my change will outlive my time there is indescribable.

In addition to that, I have made numerous feature alterations that are currently in production and will be used by thousands of users. Fixing bugs, improving processes, and automating manual tasks have featured prominently in my work. While each ticket had its specific purpose and addressed particular features or bugs, collectively, my contributions have bolstered the middleware code. This is the code crucial to bridging the gap between the front-end team and our database vendors, making it all the more fulfilling that I got to strengthen it.