Applying for jobs, internships and programs

I’ve been keeping myself busy since finishing university, applying for scholarships, jobs and internships.  There are also some small competitions I enter like The UK APPCHALLENGE where I download and share apps on a weekly bases for a chance to win prizes. It’s also beneficial for me as I can see the standard of apps on the market place as well as observe other peoples artwork as almost a research purpose. I’ve also signed up for a few events in the next few months such as user groups and a hackathon in July.

Other than applications, the only other thing I can be doing at the moment is wait for replies! I’ve got some ones in mind that I’d love to join but really depends on competition.  I’ve also worked on some project in my own time already. For example the image I made below.

Didn’t take me too long, though I do want to improve on it in the near future.  

Thought I would lastly talk about applications, I had no idea about the terminology used for position applicants. For example an “advisor” reference. Why I await replies form companies and institutions I’ve also been in touch with students in my year and we do have some freelance/indie developments that could be a possibility.  

Poster day

I personally had no idea what to expect when going in for poster day. All we was told to do is print / create a poster about our artefact and final year dissertation.

This was my final poster

The above is my final poster that I designed for my project. We was asked to print this poster in A1 both for the poster day and the final year project VIVA. The first recommendation would be set money aside for printing. Printing A1 and colour costs around £20 (if laminated) but really depends where you go. 

The day itself, it was a lot different to what I expected. Basically it was an informal event where people walked around and just asked questions about my project. There was also a film crew there that interviewed me.  

They generally asked trivial questions and nothing really specific and technical about the project. This was the same with everyone, the odd person wanted to know some specifics, but generally they all wanted the same overview of the project. We all had computers with the artefact loaded up on them. It made it easier to showcase the poster. I noticed the games students had a slimier thing and everyone had their project loaded up. Although I didn’t walk around every room, there was some people in which a computer wouldn’t help showcase the project.

Lastly I what would have been great information for me is that there is no audio on the computers you are showcasing your project on. Luckily the audio wasn’t really the main aspect of my final year project. That being said, I did have my video loaded on my tablet if anyone did want to hear the audio for it. I gave my mobile phone headphones to a student whose animation was a music video. He got much more use out of audio than what I would have done.