The rapidly-spreading COVID 19 crisis has been dominating and altering our lives as we know. As the cases grew, my trepidation has crossed the charts. The day online classes had begun I was excited to see how learning would be. Even though online classes were great my thoughts were always about getting back to college so I could meet my friends and lecturers. The amount of work and Assignments has doubled compared to what we usually have. Online classes weren’t the same as classroom lectures. The pandemic had affected my personal life a lot. As an extrovert, my urge to go outside is substantially high. After realizing that this situation might stick for a while, I started thinking about my future.
Despite being a freshmen student, I wanted to learn something in addition to my academics. While attending my online classes I’ve also signed up for a python course in Internshala and Coursera. Upon completion of the certification from Internshala, my college has suggested me to complete certification from Coursera as well. I’ve started experimenting with my programming skills on online platforms to enhance my knowledge. Just when I was searching for more opportunities, my college has notified me about IBM Hackathon. I always wanted to put my creativity and technical skills together and provide a solution to the societal problem. I teamed with my friends Sharan and Ashish to develop a mobile application related to Corona virus using Dart Programming Language. My passion to learn something new never ended. I’ve enrolled myself in two other courses (self-driving cars: How they work & Learn to program by the University of Toronto) which are yet to be complete. I am most grateful to my college for all the opportunities it has provided and looking forward to getting back soon.
