Annie Foote is a second-year student studying a Bachelor of Engineering, majoring in Cyber Engineering at Victoria University. At the end of her first year in 2022, she landed a Security internship at Helix Security Services.

Courteney is one of our talented Summer of Tech mentors (and 2017 alumni) who we recently caught up to discuss LGBTQI+ and neurodivergence in tech. Now a Power Platform Functional Consultant at Datacom, she generously shares her experience and advice with us about identity disclosure and how to ask for support at work.

Here’s Ryan Bircham's story, he’s a Software Engineer at Whip Around and a Alumni turned Volunteer at Summer of Tech.

We met with Khushi Chauhan, a Senior Product Lead at Kiwi Bank and Summer of Tech alumni and volunteer. She shared the no.1 thing that she learned from her internship at ANZ as a developer in 2018, her career journey and advice for students entering the workforce.

We met with Miten Chauhan, an Intermediate Software Developer and Sales Engineer from SaferMe who also happens to be Summer of Tech alumni from 2016 and 2017. He shared how he’s grown in the tech industry, what he learnt from being a mentor, what his mentees taught him and gave advice on entering the field.

In the summer of 2021, we met with Jessica Taylor, who landed a UX Design internship at ANZ. She shares with us the challenges of remote working, how she is supported by the team and her internship advice for students and graduates.

Our friends at Snapper show us how to do work culture and teamwork right. We met with two previous UX/UI design interns (circa 2021), Kristine Brooks and Wenjing Xie, who have since been promoted into the Grad programme.

We met with two members of the Backenders Team from Snapper, Paula Porto and John Cecilio, from the 2021 internship intake. They share why they enjoy Snapper, their experience working with other interns and lessons learned from their mentors.

What's it like to work at Snapper? We met with the Platform Team, two 2021 interns, Simeng Zou and Ethan Helliwell, now Platform Engineers in the Snapper Grad programme.

We meet with Harshmin Kaur, 2019 Summer of Tech alumni who shares with us their internship experience and reflects on what they learned and how it influenced their career journey.

We met with Pooja Kokatnur, a Developer at BNZ and Summer of Tech alumni. She shared her highlights from being an Integration Technology Consultant at IntegrationWorks in 2017 and what she wished she had known during her internship.

We spoke to Saumya Sajwan and Guy West, who completed summer internships at Bigears in 2021. They shared the benefits of interning at a smaller organisation, their experience of the Summer of Tech process, and advice for future interns.

Why is it important to put your time and work into the Summer of Tech programme?

Joseph Whyle, Summer of Tech Alumni, Mentor and Senior Technology Experience (TX) Engineer at Sharesies, shares why.