Assalamualaikum,
Morning
dreamers! I’m writing new posts on my birthday, yay! Okay so let’s get back to
the topic I’m going to share today…
INDONESIA
ANDROID KEJAR, BATCH 2
The most
exciting and motivating event I’ve ever experience this year. This is a program
that’s held and supported by Google Developers to support Indonesian Developers
in developing mobile apps by learning in Online Course which is Udacity and
studying in a group with local communities. This program has a purpose to teach
developers from Sabang to Merauke. Google has held this program in 5 biggest
cities in Indonesia: Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta, and Surabaya. We
can join the study group as a facilitators/mentor or participant/student.
Well, that’s
a bit explanation if any of you ever wondering what kind of event or program
IAK exactly is. I’m going to share my experience of joining IAK.
I was
feeling truly thrilled back then when I got my first IAK email. It was email
from Woman Techmakers Study Group, one of organization from Google. The email
said……..
I was so
motivated by the email and had a big desire to join. Then I registered myself
as a participant/student of IAK Batch 2. There was thing that makes me confuse
back then, but I forgot what was that thing. I even contacted and asked the
Head of FemaleDev, Alamanda Shantika Santoso on facebook. But unfortunately I
didn’t get any reply haha. That’s okay, I really understand the fact that she
might be so busy and besides, I am an outsider hahaha.
So not so
long after I registered myself, I finally received another email from IAK
saying that I got accepted to the study group! Thanks God! I soon called that
as my ‘starting point’, means that this will be the start of my journey ahead.
Never been so excited before. Never been feeling so motivated before. I guess
this is just like a life-changing for me. No more shy-Bika, say hello to motivated-positive-and-brave-Bika!
IAK was
held for two days, 26th-27th of November 2016. Actually
each of the study groups has its own schedule set by the mentors. And mine was
held on that date I’ve mentioned before. When I first chose Fatimah Azzahro as
my mentor, I didn’t even know where the study group will going to be held. My schedule
was pretty hectic back then so I was worried if I couldn’t get time for this. Well
in the end, I found the ideal date for this. The study group venue was informed
3 days before the D-day. I was contacted by my mentor on both email and WA
group that our study group will be held in Go-Jek Tech Valley. Another thing
that makes me thrilled!
I couldn’t
believe that I actually was going to visit the office of Go-Jek IT engineers! Believe
it or not, several days before the announcement I watched the talkshow in Tech
in Asia that’s held in Jakarta, with Nadiem Makarim as the speaker in my campus
library and I moved into tears because of his words. He said that:
“What I’ve learned from engineering is that TALENT is not about how good you code, it is not about how smart you are or how good of a mathematician you are. TALENT is a mindset, it is a cultural mindset, of LEARNING: wanting to learn all the time.”
The D-day
is coming. I was late. I waited for my private ojek driver to pick me. I used
Google Map as my director. On the way, I was wondering how the office looked
like because all I see was rice field on the left and right side of the road. I
had a bit difficulty in finding the office because you know what, the office
doesn’t even have any single sign saying that it’s an office of Go-Jek and also
has a huge fence in front of the office. Gratefully I could make it to the
office. And… The office is just so beautiful, it makes me amazed. It’s soooo
traditional, it looks like a villa, with the pool and gazebo beside it, many
plants, the meeting hall surrounded by glasses. It a shame that I didn’t take
many picture of the office.
I spent two
days playing with XML and Java basic programming language for android apps
development. Approximately 7 hours per day with eye focusing on laptop. Well,
because of the calming breeze here in Go-Jek Tech Valley and being accompanied by cute office cats named melky and kepo, it's somehow odd to
say that I feel tired. Each days I would stay longer than the others because I
had to wait 1-2 hours more until my driver came to pick me up. But I didn't
feel annoyed at all. Instead, I'm feeling so grateful because I had the chance
to talk and have a little discussion with my mentor and also one of developer
there. I know I still am a newbie, but I believe where there's a will, there's
a way.
Thank you
for my fellow sisters who came to the study group, thank you for letting me
believe that we--a soon to be female developer, can have equal ability and
knowledge as much as men do. Thank you mba Izza--my mentor and big sister to
me, for giving me lot of new knowledges. Last but not least, thank you Google
for the opportunity! See ya next year!
With love,
Bika.
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