My first week in Taskforce 4.0 at CodeofAfrica and Awesomity lab.
Tags: webdev, programming
Published: 2021-10-31 21:22:55

# Introduction
I know this time you are asking yourselves the same question I asked myself the first time when I heard about taskforce Bootcamp. To know what **Taskforce** is? I suggest you go through the **Awesomity** website. [Awesomity.rw](https://awesomity.rw/our-projects). But really Taskforce   "It’s more like a movement, an evolution born out of the need to create talent where it was previously thought not to exist. The Task Force is Awesomity’s effort to develop a solid and talented pool of software developers and product designers right here in the heart of Africa." (Awesomity, N.A). In this post we will look at what it is like to be a taskforce intern, What do you get from the taskforce, and the team at Awesomity as well as the CodeofAfrica team.

## what it is like to be a taskforce intern?
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So far my first week has been good in terms of skills development, team collaboration, as well as hanging out with the team from CodeOfAfrica and Awesomity. Being a taskforce participant the first thing to learn is to know your team, second is to be responsible. So far I can tell that being a taskforce participant you are treated as human not as a tool they understand your weakness and you get to work with the team to turn your weaknesses into valuable strengths that can help your team to grow and achieve the goals. I can't lie I have been into different teams playing the role of software developers but I haven't seen an enjoyable environment that helps you to be productive as the one from taskforce. Once Stephen Covey said, "Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important." For me being in a taskforce Bootcamp is important and I wish everyone who is willing to learn and develop as well can attend the program.

## What do you get from attending taskforce?
I know getting a job is the first thing that comes to the minds of developers attending boot camps but that is really fine. at taskforce, you don't get to be considered as a potential developer when it comes to hiring but on top of that, you learn soft skills from which every developer must have on top of their CVs. My first-week experience has proved to me that if you can't integrate with your team you are of no value to the team because you can't help the team move forward. So being able to communicate proactively and efficiently is the key to the team. not only that you get to learn these soft skills but you get to learn the best practices for remote work as a software engineer. I haven't had much experience so far but keep checking my posts I will be documenting my journey all the way long.

## CodeofAfrica and Awesomity team 
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You must be thinking that I am crazy but it is worth it to share with you the experience I had on my first Friday hanging out with both teams. It was amazing, fun, and human-friendly. People from there, are flexible, open to questions, and the fact that they put away all the stress from work and play games is amazing. 

I would like to conclude by saying that my first week was awesome and enjoyable. I can't wait to share with you guys the next weeks to come stay tuned.