Symph Asks Vol. III

Symph Asks is back. This volume is about our senior high school interns, the first ones we have had in the past eight years.

Their internship is coming to an end, and we want to thank all our interns for what they contributed to Symph while they worked with us. Our senior high school interns are taking the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) strand at Cebu City National Science High School, and we asked them one question.

What is something new you have learned in your internship here at Symph?

Hannah Mendoza

"Daghan gyud ko'g na learn. Gamay ra kaayo akoang knowledge (I have learned a lot. I have little knowledge) about computer languages then Symph helped me to learn some computer languages like Python and Javascript. They also introduced me to Google App Engine, and a little bit of HTML. But to top it all, it's not just all about technology but also about marketing, how the company is running- (I learned it) through the Friday meetings."

Jun Albert Pardillo

"I learned that in an environment such as Symph, although the work we're doing is very critical and needing lots of time and effort, the environment itself doesn't have to be very stressful. We get to have a break and sometimes, we really need that break in this kind of stressful work. I think that's important for people like you guys, for developers."

Oscar Vian Valles

"(I learned about) Interacting with clients. It's my first time tasked with something like this, first time speaking to people where you have to take into consideration their ideas, then they are paying you... something like that. So, interacting with them, knowing what they want, and how to please them."

Justin Andre Po

"(I learned that) Even for us developers, we need to work as a team. No man is an island. You need people to support you, give you more ideas, more inputs, so that your output could be the best it could be and keep on molding it to turn it into your vision - what you want it to be."

April Catherine Zafra

"(I learned) First, coding. Second, you need to work as a team, you need to get help from everyone. You can't work alone. As the quote says, 'If you want to go fast, walk alone. If you want to go far, walk with people'."

Our interns give as much as they get here at Symph, and we are proud of them for that.

We accept interns all year round, and we look for people who are driven and willing to learn. If you want to build things with us, this article explains how to apply for our internship program.