Two months Intern to an Amazonian !

Amazon has always been my dream company. From fighting to pass all the test cases in the online Assessment to becoming an intern and then finally an amazonian , my journey has been stupendous.

I did a 2 months Software Developer Engineer Intern in Amazon ADS , Bengaluru India.

So here are some myths and some procedures that one can follow to improve exponentially in your work while interning at Amazon.

Lets start with some interesting myths that I came across.

• You can't get a Pre-Placement Offer from a 2 months intern. (like dude why?)
• People selected from Amazon WOW [a diversity hiring programme at Amazon] get less stipend.
• You can't prove in 2 months internship.

Reality:

• Hard work and determination are self-sufficient to clear the haze created by the above myths.

Now coming to the most important part , The points to remember while interning :

• Prepare Git and AWS in advance (or just get a glimpse of them)
• Try to have command in Java ( or any other language but make sure you are clear with all the core concepts. )
• Develop a habit to read and learn (in industries it's the blogs of your teammates that are actually a saviour when you have crashed the production 😅)
• In any big tech I feel that documenting should be a knack for you .( keep documenting what all you learned each day or per 3 days )
• Documenting will help you in analysing your progress , and of course any other person (say the bar raiser) will get a clear idea of your hard work.
• Be attentive while attending meetings ( as in ask doubts make notes , be aware that on what other teammates are working , etc).
• If you are facing any problems try contacting your mentor or any teammate and get the blocker solved ASAP!
• Actively take feedback from other team-mates [write down the things you have to improve and set an achievable deadline for the same]
• In the first two weeks of your internship , setup a 1:1 connect with all your teammates . (doing this will help you connect and understand the work of your team , including tech-stacks , objective of the products , flow of information , etc)
• Develop a habit to convert the flow of your code into graphs or flow charts that can be presented to anyone in the future which will help others understand what your code actually does , what services you have used , the flow of information between the services , etc.

Just be active and do hard work you will get to your goal.. 😊

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