Liang G. - UBS Financial Services

Name: Liang G.
Major: Computer Engineering
Class: Alumni
Internship Title: Developer
Internship Site: UBS Financial Services

What was your role?
I participated in a team that maintain and improve an application. Based on changes in business requirement, we need to change the application as well. I was working on the interface.

What was the most rewarding aspect of your internship/research experience?
The rewarding aspect was that I didn't know too much about JSP and JavaScript, but I still was able to learn it in a few weeks by myself with the help of others. Just within a month, I was able to finish the task for them.

What is/was one example of a challenge you faced? Why?
The challenge was that I needed to gain trust from other people, because the whole application is very critical and sensitive. A few mistakes can break it all. Therefore, I needed take it serious and be very careful about it. I had to have a right attitude to win the trust.

How has this experience affected your future plan?
One thing that keeps me in the bank is that I believe I can have more opportunities to learn about the financial market. In addition, working in a big company is a very different experience.

Did you utilize any of the skills you learned from your classes for this experience?
Of course. The position had some requirement on the skills and knowledge I learn. Since they wanted a technology intern, they expected me to know Java programming, debug, some application development process. Besides that, any knowledge that I learned in the class is very useful whether it is logic, reasoning, and even European history.

What else did you learn? Additional comments?
Any opportunity is an opportunity. Utilize it fully and don't take it for granted.