Anish Pandey

College: Hunter College

Education Level: Senior

Career Interest: Software Engineering

My name is Anish. I'm studying computer science at Hunter College. I was born in Nepal, and then I moved to America when I was 8. My parents actually won a diversity lottery to come here. We first came to Kentucky then moved to NYC after a couple months. I've been living here since. As for my hobbies I like playing video games, hiking, basketball, going to the gym & also a little bit of photography. I really like traveling too, that's a big thing for me. I've been to a couple places by myself, I went to Rome for a week last year & also to Colorado (there were a lot of amazing hiking trails). Both were a lot of fun & I definitely want to do more traveling in the future. As for what I want to do in the future, it's definitely coding for now. I actually started off as a nursing major, and then last year (my junior year) I ended up switching to computer science because I couldn't see myself being a nurse after starting clinicals/labs. I've been enjoying the major a lot and a lot of the classes have actually been fun surprisingly. I feel like a big part of computer science is problem-solving, which I really like. A lot of my assignments in class would feel like puzzles I had to solve instead of doing heavy work. I also really enjoy the creative aspect of it, since I'm not good at art/music I feel like coding is kind of my creative outlet. I really like being able to work on projects that I think are cool. My favorite project I made was a pretty simple voice assistant program in python. Basically you'd be able to ask it questions like what events do I have on a certain day, and using the google calendar API it'd tell you all the events, there were a couple other features too (weather, news, maps, etc). It was a lot of fun working on it & I learned a lot from it too.

What was your role?

CS (SWE)

What did you work on?

What was the impact of your project?

My project is the chores section. It seems like a great initiative that can help promote a sense of responsibility and teamwork within families. By incentivizing children to complete household chores in exchange for earning money, parents can teach their children the importance of contributing to the household while also helping them develop practical skills like negotiation, time management, and communication. I think this is very impactful because these years are the best to establish habits. If we can set them on the right path early on, they`ll be in a better position in the future.

What did you learn or improve on from this internship or from your teammates?

What skills have you gained?

We just started our first week so I feel I haven`t picked up any new technical skills yet, this upcoming week I`m looking forward to learning more PHP and SQL as that is what I`m going to need for my part.

What was the biggest roadblock you've overcome?

Again, since we just started I don`t think we`ve come across a roadblock yet. We might this upcoming week.

How has company culture guided your work?

What was your experience at Unadat?

What was one big project you worked on during the internship? Can you walk me through the process?

What advice would you give to future interns?

Having an in person kick-off if possible would`ve been a lot of fun. I think if we got to see each other in person and connect more it would`ve been more helpful for team-building/ getting to know each other.