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Dear Students, Are you looking for an internship?
While many of you may be exploring opportunities with corporates and MNCs, startups can also provide a valuable learning platform
you shouldn’t overlook. In this week’s digest, we speak with
final-year Information Engineering & Media student, Jun Qian, about his
experience with SGInnovate’s Summation programme,
which matches candidates with emerging technology startups.
Tell us about you and your work at
Curium. I recently completed my Summation
apprenticeship with Curium, a startup specialising
in calibrations, specifically for autonomous vehicles (AVs). Self-driving
vehicles depend on sensors such as Cameras, IMU (inertial measurement unit),
Radar, and LiDAR to navigate. It is therefore important the sensors are
properly calibrated and aligned to ensure the accuracy of the captured
information. How was your experience working at
Curium? My role at Curium allowed me to
work with IoT networks and devices, which tapped into my key areas of
interest. At the same time, I also got to further my learnings with cloud and
networking, especially since Curium leverages the AWS platform to calibrate
the sensors for AVs. Working
in cloud and IoT naturally put me at the
centre of things, which gave me a good technical foundation to learn about
other fields like AI. At Curium, I was also exposed to all kinds of
programming languages like Java, C++ and Python. For
a software developer, it was an invaluable experience. What was it like interning with a startup? At Curium, we enjoyed an
incredible amount of autonomy. We’re measured by the progress we make in our
work, instead of how long you’re seated at your desk. It’s also very
collaborative – when we hit a roadblock at work, everyone will come together
to give ideas on how to solve it. Working in a startup
also meant having the chance to try different things which you may not get to
in a larger organisation. I had opportunities to do work that a senior
software developer does, as well as take on responsibilities such as
mentoring other interns to help get them up to speed. What did you learn from being a
part of the Summation Programme? A lot of people think it is much
easier to get a position with a startup, and that
their requirements are lower. However, it’s not necessarily so, because we
need to hit the ground running, be on top of things and learn on our own. So,
it’s perfect for people who are energised and love challenges. It is crucial that you build a
good technical foundation for yourself. Practical experience, such as working
on projects and participating in Hackathons, is one way to do this. Once you
have that foundational knowledge, it is easier to diverge and pick up the
necessary knowledge and skills. Putting a tech product together typically
entails a vast number of different areas of expertise – rather than putting
pressure on yourself to master each area in depth, aim to improve yourself
enough to deliver good results on what you're working on.
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