28. June 2024

From Internship to Working Student

Alongside our school interns, who joined us at the start of the year, Timo has been part of the team since autumn. He came to us for a placement as part of his computer science and engineering studies at TH Köln and is now staying on as a working student.

Working student at Hypercode — Our managing director Jens and Timo playing a video game.

After an introduction to our frameworks and technologies, Timo set to work on an app for a radio station. Alongside the live stream, it includes a regional news feed and ways for listeners to interact with the program and the news. The 26-year-old could put what he’d learned at university straight into practice, particularly in project organization and coding. He told us his existing knowledge had prepared him well for the work. We agree — but more on that in a moment. The team quickly came to value him, both on projects and over lunch, and he could move his project forward independently when needed. His suggestion for future interns, especially those earlier in their studies, was to offer more hands-on support. We’ve taken that on board and will provide it where wanted.

Timo’s work during his placement impressed us, so we offered him a role as a working student in web development. We’re glad he accepted. Since April, he’s been contributing to ongoing projects, including a large healthcare web app for sharing knowledge at a well-known DAX-listed company. After mobile app development, this gives him a chance to build his skills in more traditional web development. He’s also involved earlier in the technical architecture and planning, with more room to broaden his skills and try things out.

Timo, we’re happy you’re staying on the team and look forward to seeing where our work together takes us. 😊