Why it worked
The post provides valuable, practical advice for aspiring programmers about internships and career growth, framed through personal experience. The use of relatable insights and a clear, sequential presentation of information encourages engagement and sharing among the target audience.
Summary
This TikTok post shares insights gained from an internship as a programmer at Blibli. The creator discusses the importance of testing, soft skills for teamwork, and how educational background is less critical than proving value in a professional environment. It also touches on the benefits of side projects and open-source contributions for career growth.
Structure
- 1Introduction to internship learnings at Blibli
- 2Importance of testing and soft skills
- 3Level of education vs. proving value
- 4Benefits of side projects and open-source contributions
Product placement
The video features prominent branding for "Blibli" and "tiket.com" in the first slide, indicating the internship location. Other slides show office environments and a Grab logo in the background, but these are incidental to the core message about programming internships.
On-screen text
Hal-hal yang gaakan gw tau kalau ga jadi intern sebagai programmer di Blibli...
Ternyata ngebuaat test/testing itu sama pentingnya dengan develop suatu fitur. Di level enterprise, bug bisa aja ngerugiin perusahaan dan stakeholder secara materi maupun nona baik. Belajar cara bikin test yang nge-cover semua case jadi salah satu yang tersulit buat gw.
Ternyata selain hard skill, soft skill untuk komunikasi dengan sesama member tim juga penting.
Kita gerak sama-sama, dan hampir selalu kita minta bantuan sama orang di tim kita, entah itu ngoding, ngertiin business value, atau bahkan sekedar bercanda buat ngurangin stress.
Ternyata level pendidikan ga jadi faktor penentu untuk bisa sukses sebagai programmer. Apapun background pendidikannya, selama kita bisa ngebuktiin bahwa kita punya value lebih, pasti akan bisa dipercayakan lebih/punya posisi yang cukup tinggi.
Apalagi di environment multinasional/internasional, merit > background.
Ikut lomba, kontribusi open source, bikin konten di social media, bikin project iseng, bahkan hal-hal yang ga ada hubungannya sama programming, tetep jadi value lebih yang harusnya kita bangga kalau punya hal itu.