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On March 8 th 2019, I received a mail regarding my selection as the Learn IT Girl Scholar. I got to know about this program from my peers and so applied for it. It was good to know I had been selected and that I would be working on a big project while also learning new stuff. My mentor for this program was Anishka, who was also a student like me from a well-known NIT. She had been an amazing person to interact with and always guided me with the most appropriate solutions to my problems. When I started working with her on the project idea I was in doubt as to how much I would be able to achieve, but then she guided me step by step in this process. She would assign me weekly tasks and I was so keen to work on this project that most of the tasks were completed much before the deadline. All this sparked encouragement inside me. I spent the first two weeks learning about Open source tools like Git and Github and practising video tutorials from Youtube. I also then worked upon a mini

I have always felt a need for someone who could cater to my doubts now and then, but it is not always possible. So for all the beginners out there I am starting with a series of posts to guide them through in and out of different skills I have gained in recent years of my Undergraduation.  I will keep on adding things to these posts, hope they turn out to be helpful J . So in this post we will talk about popular version control, open source platform for code sharing and collaboration - Git and Github. Firstly, we talk about what is meant by version control system. A version control system (VCS) refers to a system that can be used to track the additions and deletions made in a project by various contributors. A VCS helps us to reach to any change/edit that was made in the project at any time. It is open for all to see what changes other people have made and why these changes were made. Git is a distributed version control system (DVCS) used for open source and commercial softwa

With week 2 and week 3 focused upon exploring various scholarships and internship opportunities and applying for them, week 4 was aimed at exploring the open source. This week I worked upon learning about what exactly is the concept of open source and FOSS. I gathered information regarding various events and programs initiated by various companies and organisations to encourage people contribute in the open source. I came to know about events like Hacktoberfest for beginners in open source from my mentor. Apart from that she helped me in exploring features like pull requests, branching and forking. It was nice to have my doubts resolved about various things. Here’s a listing of things I learned this week-           What is open source? Open source is basically refers to something people can modify and share because its design is publicly accessible. It revolves around the concept of freely sharing technical information so that it may be improved by people. The open source commun

With a mind ‘blogging’ first week at the Women Who Code Delhi Mentorship program, it is time for week 2 and 3 updates. The second week was focussed on exploring various internship opportunities for ourselves. Internship holds importance with providing the student with a practical learning and industrial experience. They give us our first job, our first impression of the industry, and our first earnings. So as many of us wonder how do I get my first Internship; how do I contact people in the industry to give me an opportunity; or how can I find a suitable job matching my interests? That is why our week 2 at this mentorship program was based on learning about various internship opportunities. As before, I had a call with my mentor Stuti mam wherein we discussed various domains in which I can apply for. As she is, too, from electronics background it was good having to talk about it with her. She also forwarded a few job openings to me so I could apply for them. Apart from that, we h

We all work hard to get what we need. We work hard to earn a good job, to get good grades, to complete the next project on the list. And sometimes we are paid off for this hard work in terms of awards, prizes or scholarships. Scholarships are something every student aspires for. Getting a scholarship embarks a medal on the chest for the work they have done. But what scholarships program can I apply for? Well, here is a comprehensive list of the various scholarship programs available in STEM(know more about STEM from here- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science,_technology,_engineering,_and_mathematics ). Have a look over it and jot down the next one to apply for on your list. ·        SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS FOR ALL - Now, there are various scholarship programs for International students worldwide. These may include scholarships for tuition fees for selected graduation, post-graduation and PhD programs in the Universities of USA, UK, CANADA, JAPAN etc.; scholarships for research

Spending your first salary or saving it for the day, the internships are where we all start our journey. They give us our first job, our first impression of the industry, and our first earnings. So as many of us wonder how do I get my first Internship; how do I contact people in the industry to give me an opportunity; or how can I find a suitable job matching my interests? Well, the answer lies somewhere in this blog. From bulky salaries to ample learning opportunities the industry has it all, you just need to know where and how to look for them. Finding your first job/internship might be difficult for you but if you have things ready on time you can list down a hundreds’ of them. Let’s begin. So, the first step is to build an informative and appealing resume. A resume is the most important thing that you will need while applying for a job. It represents you and all your work to the recruiter and forms the basis of your first impression to the recruiters. Often, shortlisting of

On 17th January 2019, I got a mail from Delhi chapter of Women Who Code stating that I had been selected as one of the mentees for the Mentorship Program launched by them. I was excited to know about it as this was the first time I had applied for something like this and yet another first time when I was going to be a part of a community. The program started on 20th January 2019 and we were introduced to our mentors for the program via emails. My mentor was Stuti ma’am who is currently working as a Software Engineer at Incedo and is also the city Director at WHC-Delhi. I am excited to work with her to learn something substantial in the upcoming weeks. Later, we were all connected to a common Telegram group where we could communicate and resolve our doubts with our mentors and fellow mates. It was good to see around 40 girls coming up together to learn and create an impact. Later in the week, everyone had a one-to-one call with their mentors. My initial call schedule couldn’t be fol