A week spent at Awesomity Lab and Code of Africa is unlike any other week. It's much more fantastic when you're exposed to a positive working atmosphere. In my first week, I learned a lot about collaboration, soft skills, and communication skills, among other things.
We began with a fun game in which we had to move an egg with a ring attached to the threads and position it on top of an open bottle; the first time we failed because everyone did their own thing, but the second time we succeeded because we worked together. As I discovered in this game, working together is helpful because it brings together strength and ideas.
We worked on the 16 personalities, using psychologist-defined questions to identify our personalities and roles.
We later partnered up since we had similar roles and wanted to focus on public speaking and share what we had in common as a pair.
Miro, a tool I had never heard of before, impressed me with how well it facilitates teamwork in design and strategic planning.
Many firms are adopting the Agile process because it makes it simple to gain a thorough grasp of a project and give small tasks to team members to work on. We observed that learning a new technology is easier, and that developers work directly with clients to keep them informed of progress.
At the end of the week, we were to put together a little presentation in groups and apply what we had learned to a project of our choosing.
To recap, I had a great week; I planned to acquire coding skills, but I discovered that a developer requires not only coding abilities, but also other soft skills such as communication and presentation, to mention a few.
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