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to put their knowledge to use on their return to Barbados when they worked at The Crane Resorts to revamp that company’s mobile application. Lewis is still with the company while John works as a quality assurance specialist in Jamaica. Gerry De Caires of The Crane Resort spoke glowingly about the work ethics of the duo. “They were a pleasure to work with and really energetic… There was nothing that we asked them to do that they didn’t say ‘okay’ and they went away and came back with it done. Anyone who has done any sort of coding knows there are a thousand ways to do things and when you’re trying to find the right one it can often be challenging but they pushed themselves hard and came up with some really amazing solutions for our problems.” The other two students – Cato and Francis – are due to graduate from the BSc programme this year. Cato said she has learnt to work with people of different personalities to come up with great solutions.
“Now I can’t wait to use my knowledge in programming languages and frameworks…as well as other skills such as software modelling and project management and bringing them into my new but promising career as a software engineer.” Francis said the programme has challenged him to push himself and the rewards are showing in his grades. The three-hour forum also included an interview with Chinese businessman, John Yick of Yick Solutions, and was conducted by UWI Assistant Registrar, Justin Seale, who is based in China. Yick was educated in the UK and began his own start-up in Suzhou and is an internship partner of the UWI-CIIT. He had high praise for the contribution of the UWI interns who are attached to his enterprise, including Joshua Johnson, Zachary Aird, Xavier Dash, Khareen Francis, Dwight Muschette, and Samuel Lowe.
UWI students at the Global institute of Software Technology (GIST) in Suzhou, China
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