And it’s al­re­a­dy hap­pen­ed: Th­ree ye­ars of training as an IT spe­cia­list for ap­pli­ca­ti­on de­ve­lo­p­ment are be­hind us – or, le­t’s say, al­most. Five of us trai­nees have al­re­a­dy pas­sed our fi­nal writ­ten exams – and yes, it was just as ex­ci­ting, con­fu­sing and cof­fee-fil­led as you’d imagine. 😄

The weeks lea­ding up to it were cha­rac­te­ri­zed by exam pre­pa­ra­ti­on, old exam ques­ti­ons, in­ten­si­ve stu­dy groups and the le­gen­da­ry ques­ti­on: “Do I re­al­ly need to know this?”
Spoi­ler: Most­ly yes.

But tha­t’s not all: now co­mes the part whe­re we get to show what we’­re re­al­ly made of – our fi­nal pro­jects. Each of us is curr­ent­ly working on our own soft­ware so­lu­ti­on. Whe­ther it’s a web app, data pro­ces­sing tool or au­to­ma­ti­on idea – the code flows (most of the time), the ide­as bubble up (of­ten) and de­bug­ging is even fun (well, sometimes).

The pro­ject is fol­lo­wed by the oral exam: 15 mi­nu­tes pre­sen­ta­ti­on, 15 mi­nu­tes tech­ni­cal dis­cus­sion. Sounds short – but it al­re­a­dy feels like a ma­ra­thon. Lucki­ly, our trai­ners, col­le­agues and for­mer trai­nees are the­re to help us with tips, test ques­ti­ons and re­assu­ring en­cou­ra­ge­ment (thanks to ever­yo­ne who pa­ti­ent­ly ex­plai­ned to us for the fifth time what a REST API is 😅).

When ever­y­thing is done, we can fi­nal­ly of­fi­ci­al­ly call our­sel­ves IT spe­cia­lists. We’­re al­re­a­dy a litt­le proud – and loo­king for­ward to the grand finale.

So: Fin­gers crossed – see you on the home straight! 🎓👨‍💻