During the Summer of 2022, I received an offer for the position of Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon.
I was a part of the AWS Marketplace Procurement Governance team, controlling the Procurement System Integration. Over the course of my twelve week internship, I worked on a project adding a setting for users to be able to configure a new default cost for certain products. I also got to experience working in an agile development environment for the first time.
There were a lot of difficulties that I encountered over the course of my internship, primarily the volatility of the team I was working on. I had three separate mentors over the course of my internship, each of which I would have to catch up on my project status as they took over the mentorship. While this significantly hindered the progress of my project, I gained a valuable understanding of the dynamic qualities of the software developing environment, something that will undoubtably help me in my career in the future.