Over this past summer, I had the opportunity to intern as a Consultant in Credera’s Technology Solutions practice. Part of why I chose to intern at Credera was because they promise to give interns the full time consultant experience–and that they did. I was placed on a real client project for a major airline where I got to wear many hats. Sometimes I was a cloud developer discussing technical limitations in architectural design meetings, other times I was gathering information about a vendor for an upcoming project. My proudest moments come from owning proof-of-concept work from start to finish as part of a large data migration my client was ramping up. It was a significant undertaking, especially considering that 1) neither me or my direct team had prior experience working with AWS Glue (the center of our tech stack) and 2) this piece of the data migration was to be rapidly adopted into the Development and eventually Production environments in the coming iterations. Regardless of the challenges, my experience on this task was very rewarding. While conducting the proof of concept, I discovered (and addressed) additional scope, collaborated with different development teams in my client’s company, and scripted transformations needed to correctly output the data in its new location. First, I want to thank God for the great experience I had at Credera. Secondly, there is no way for me to thank every "Crederian" that advised and supported me during this summer, however I would like to give a special thanks to: ▶ Jonathan Madden, Graeme Scruggs, and Johna Rutz for helping me to view and conduct my work from both a technical and business perspective. ▶ Caroline Hao for being a great advisor and pushing me to step out of my comfort zone. ▶ Phil Shon for advising me to show “I give a crap”. It sounds simple, but “giving a crap” about your client and their business is essential to being a great consultant. I am grateful to have learned this early on. ▶ My fellow interns (pictured below) for being your awesome selves. Without a doubt, DALLAS *cough* has the best Credera interns…not that there was ever a real competition between the locations 🤭
You truly made the most of this summer, and it clearly shows! Missing you already, Dara.
Luke Mello
12mo
It was great working with you Dara! Go Comets!
Johna Rutz
12mo
It was an absolute delight having you on our team and we already miss you! You made a significant impact on both the people and the work we’re doing in a short time, and I’m sure your name will continue to come up for a long time to come. Glad the impact was mutual! You know where to find us :)
Caroline Hao
11mo
Woohoo big congrats on your summer! So proud of what you were able to accomplish 😁
Taiye Ero-Phillips
12mo
So proud of you Dara. This is just the beginning!
You killed it this summer Dara!!
Avani Garde
11mo
Awesome, Dara!! Congratulations!
Manya Bondada
12mo
Congratulations Dara!!
Product Owner - Integrated Data Foundation | People & Finance Data Analytics
12moI still see your picture icon pop up in the Devs chat notifications for the hourly MR’s Wyatt submits lol. And I feel some sadness because it feels different now that you’re not around. But I’m excited for what your future holds. I remember thinking to myself how quiet and reserved you were when you first came onboard and it was awesome to see you come out of your shell. Speaking in front of people is not easy let alone the RTE and the entire pod but you absolutely killed it at your first demo. You spoke with the confidence and clarity of someone with many more years under their belt and if I didn’t know you were interning I never would have guessed it. You will be an excellent asset to whichever team/customer you work with in the future and they will benefit tremendously from your presence. Good work this summer and it was great to meet and work with a fellow Comet!