Back November 12, 2021 Blog 2: A day in life of a JDI IT Co-op Student My name is Tanish Dagar. I was born and raised in New Delhi, India and completed high school there as well. After that I came to Canada in 2018 for my Bachelor’s in Computer Science. I am pursuing my degree from Dalhousie University and am currently in my third year. My professional journey started with the team at JDI IT as a Programmer Analyst Intern this fall. I always had a great interest in the technical side of computing like developing applications, while also understanding the business behind it. JDI IT provides me with the perfect opportunity as my work includes developing applications for different businesses in this huge organization. Within this short period of time, I have fallen in love with the company and the city of Saint John. I would like to thank my team for assisting me in becoming familiar with all the technical and business procedures. I have the best team here. I have a tremendous amount of gratitude towards JDI IT for providing me with the opportunity to grow as a young professional in the field of Computer Science. I plan on learning more throughout my co-op work term and I would love to join my team again after I graduate from Dalhousie University. Second episode coming soon, looking forward to updating you guys! Tanish Dagar Blog 1: Hello World October 22, 2021 In this edition, I would like to share the most important thing in a co-op student’s life: their work! I’ll briefly describe what a day is like for me at JDI IT. I work as a Programmer Analyst Intern and my job is to work on PowerApps application development by creating, making enhancements or fixing any bugs - or, in simpler terms, a request from a business that can include building an application or adding a new feature to an existing application. The best thing about working as a Programmer Analyst Intern is that coding and designing applications is just one part of the job. Another part is to figure out where to start and that includes understanding the business and communicating with them throughout the task. My day starts with a large cup of coffee. It’s my fuel. I go to the office at 8:30 AM and the first thing I do is look at my emails and go through my Microsoft Teams, then I get to work on the fun part: “CODING”. When I am doing this the time flies by so quickly that by the time I look at my clock, it is already time for lunch. Most of the time I try to bring my lunch from home but the location of JDI IT is so good that sometimes I step outside and go to the Saint John City Market. There are so many places to go near the office to explore. As mentioned above the work is not only doing coding or designing applications but also talking to the businesses and solving their needs. The latter is the challenging part. In university, students are only taught about how to code or build applications but in co-op you learn the real stuff. It is not only coding, it is more than that. I think co-op is an amazing opportunity for any student to learn skills like this and where else would be a better place than JDI IT? See y'all soon!!!