I honed my web development skills, by building web apps for the school. My tasks where:
Brainstorming with team members to come up with new ideas
Gathering technical and functional requirements
Working with Technical Leads to determine application architecture
Participating in MVP and product demos
Presenting ideas for system improvements
Participating in morning standup meetings
Peer-testing code with fellow team members
Creating wireframes and mockups
Utilizing automated and manual methods to test code
Using programming languages to build platforms
Documenting processes and code changes
Actively contributing to all phases of the SDLC

I worked here to shape my experience in real life development. It is a company that builds banking software, such as shaping operating systems for ATM's. So i was able to contribute to actual marketable software. No joke, working there helped my confidence. My tasks where:
Shadowing senior team members to get a feel for their day-to-day responsibilities
Taking on small software development projects followed by presenting my work to the managing team
Assisting with process improvements, making suggestions on workflow changes
where needed
Brainstorming with team members to come up with new Financial Technologies’
concepts
Participating in MVP and product demos
Utilizing automated and manual methods to test our code
Facilitating releases of software upgrades
Testing of software to detect and correct errors, improve performance, and upgrade
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Prepared reports on specifications and activities for each client and project.