Posted by: Nate Dillard on Nov 18, 2008
As my internship comes to a close I look back at the experience and reflect on what I've learned. There has been so much, I won't bore you with all the details, but instead I will summarize the technical skills that I've gained.
First off, some of the main skills that I've learned are related to the Linux command line. Most OSes I've rely on a GUI that gives you point and click buttons. Basically you aren't forced to use command lines day to day in college. But being able to work with some Linux command line gurus I've seen some crazy grep commands. Here's a cheat sheet that's helped me along the way.
Secondly, I've programmed in Eclipse before, but not as extensively as here, my experiences up to this point were simple class projects. I only needed to know some basic debugging and navigation skills. Not here. Now I've learned how to navigate through code fairly quickly to find what I need. Here's another cheat sheet that's helped me.
Next, before I came here I didn't have a clue of what an application server was. Let alone, actually working with one. I've gained valuable experience being able to work with BEA Weblogic, IBM WebSphere and JBoss. I wouldn't have learned this in a common computer science class and have I have also learned that documentation is your friend!
Finally, there are random things here and there that you would pick up from just working with a development team. Like working with VM images, experiencing the day to day operation of software development and taking in all of the information that I can, like osmosis, from my amazing coworkers.
First off, some of the main skills that I've learned are related to the Linux command line. Most OSes I've rely on a GUI that gives you point and click buttons. Basically you aren't forced to use command lines day to day in college. But being able to work with some Linux command line gurus I've seen some crazy grep commands. Here's a cheat sheet that's helped me along the way.
Secondly, I've programmed in Eclipse before, but not as extensively as here, my experiences up to this point were simple class projects. I only needed to know some basic debugging and navigation skills. Not here. Now I've learned how to navigate through code fairly quickly to find what I need. Here's another cheat sheet that's helped me.
Next, before I came here I didn't have a clue of what an application server was. Let alone, actually working with one. I've gained valuable experience being able to work with BEA Weblogic, IBM WebSphere and JBoss. I wouldn't have learned this in a common computer science class and have I have also learned that documentation is your friend!
Finally, there are random things here and there that you would pick up from just working with a development team. Like working with VM images, experiencing the day to day operation of software development and taking in all of the information that I can, like osmosis, from my amazing coworkers.
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