My Aspirations as a Backend Intern at HNG Internship 8.0
By: Peace Elle
Tags: Developer, Tech, Backend Development, Programming

Hello, my name is Peace and I’m a budding backend developer. Funny enough how I got myself to build interest in technology, a totally different line of interest to what I’m studying in the university. But I guess we won’t really know what we are good at until we try them out. One way or another, I got myself caught up in the web of technology, and the more I want to get through with it, the more I get myself entangled in my interest in it… lol!

Kickstarting the journey without a tutor or a mentor was kind of difficult, but not impossible. As a beginner, I got my interest in a whole lot of stuff including Artificial Intelligence, Software development, mobile application development, and web development. And anytime I get to know about a new programming language that is posed to be a better language to learn as a beginner, I feel like hopping on to it… funny and weird, right? Lol. Nothing could be more frustrating for a beginner than that. Finally, I got to decide to major my interest in Website development and understanding the dynamics of web technologies.

I’ve watched a series of tutorials on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and Figma; worked on few projects, of which I abandoned some halfway (lol); and attended bootcamps and internships, of which HNGi7 and the just concluded Zuri training is part. It’s been a rough track, but I keep pushing. I have good recommendations of resources (basically video tutorials) that have helped me, and I will be including the links to them below this article.

My experience at HNGi7 was an awesome one, really! I learnt a lot, met great people and acquired some project management skills too. I learnt to use VCS (Git and Github), Free hosting platforms (Netlify and Heroku), and I learnt Team and project management too. Although, I got evicted from the workspace at a stage when I couldn’t keep up with the pace of the internship, I made up my mind to enroll for this year’s edition and be a finalist.

As an intern in the Backend track of HNGi8 x I4G internship, my goals for this internship are to: make it to the finals, get better as a backend engineer, meet people and build a network, and become a mentor at HNG. By the end of the 8 weeks of the internship, I will be able to confidently take on projects, and provide guidance to aspiring developers too.

I see that to achieve this will require so much grit and focus, which is part of the aim of the internship. Yes, it will be tough and difficult but I will pull through for the sake of myself and the people I am going to help up on their tech journeys too. Thanks to HNG for this internship opportunity. I hope to make a best use of it as much as I can!

To check out the Zuri training platform, follow the link: https://training.zuri.team

Here are links to beginners’ tutorials for:

1. Figma: https://youtu.be/g6rQFP9zCAM

2. Git: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RjQznt-8kE&list=PL4cUxeGkcC9goXbgTDQ0n_4TBzOO0ocPR

3. HTML: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1BlT4_c_SU&list=PL4cUxeGkcC9ibZ2TSBaGGNrgh4ZgYE6Cc

4. PHP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWG7ajC_OVo&list=PL4cUxeGkcC9gksOX3Kd9KPo-O68ncT05o

I hope you find these helpful.