Saturday, 19 February 2022

My first two weeks at Masai School

 

Have you ever watched hacking scenes in movies and thought to yourself "Wow! What are those green lines running and flashing on the screen?

Have you shopped on amazon or called a cab on Uber and wondered how does that even work?

Have you visited apple.com, youtube.com or any other website for that matter and thought "How can I make one of these?"

If you answered "YES!" to any of the questions above and are curious to know if it is possible for everyone to learn to code, you've come to the right place. 

Good day, everyone. I'm Rahul Rajeevan, and I'm a full-stack web development student at Masai School. It’s my third week at Masai School, and I'm excited to tell you about it.

I am a mechanical engineering graduate and I have worked as an ELV consultant before coming to Masai School. Computer Science was one of my favourite subjects in 12th grade. However, as a mechanical engineering graduate with no prior work experience, finding a career in coding was extremely difficult. It was then that I came across a video of a student from a non-coding background who became a web developer in just 6 months. I did my research and decided to apply for the program by taking their Masai School Admission Test (MSAT) (a test to check your math and reasoning basically). I passed the MSAT and was accepted into unit 1.



Masai is a skill-building school; rather than just giving you a "certificate" and sending you away, they help you develop holistically. Before the classes commenced, I assumed the curriculum would focus solely on coding, but it featured sessions to hone your coding skills and your soft skills. The program was designed to equip the students with the skills they need to excel academically, while simultaneously teaching them how to use various power skills and professional etiquettes to stand out in the workplace.

The first 2 days were dedicated to the orientation program, which covered topics such as how everything at Masai operates, how placements work, and what initiatives are in place to make the learning process easier for students. I could tell from the first day that the Masai team was passionate about what they were doing. Their mantra was "We won’t give up on you till you give up on yourselves.".

Every day, I was given assignments, and I was evaluated on a weekly basis. This has been quite beneficial to me because I was able to determine how well I grasped the concepts. Whenever I had a doubt, I could approach the student support team at Masai. The support team is one of a kind; you'll find a whole lot of people just waiting there to solve your queries and doubts.

 


I'll have my final unit 1 evaluations next week, and I can happily say that I never had any issue here at Masai I am excited to learn more and become one of the greatest web developers of all time.