{"id":1479,"date":"2023-07-06T09:35:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T07:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.contribute.be\/internship-at-contribute-zeno-and-jens\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T13:56:09","slug":"internship-at-contribute-zeno-and-jens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contribute.be\/en\/internship-at-contribute-zeno-and-jens\/","title":{"rendered":"Internship at Contribute: Zeno and Jens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There was a need for an HR tool within Fieldside, Contribute\u2019s parent company cluster, to centralize all HR-related documentation and simplify recurring tasks. The HR manager of the cluster had previously been using a document flow on Teams. For many tasks, such as evaluation meetings or onboarding new employees, Excel and Word documents were also used. The task for Jens and Zeno was to build an application that could optimize these processes. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThere are plenty of HR tools on the market, but most of them include additional features for payroll, which weren\u2019t necessary here. They\u2019re also usually quite expensive. By developing the application ourselves, Fieldside can not only avoid unnecessary costs but also easily integrate it with other tools they already use,\u201d explains Jens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Developing with Low-code<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It was Jens and Zeno\u2019s first time developing with a low-code platform. \u201cIt\u2019s very different from what we\u2019re used to. What we\u2019ve been able to create in just 8 weeks, we would never have been able to do without low-code,\u201d says Jens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThere are many basic tasks that are easier and faster with low-code development. This allowed us to focus more on the nice-to-have features,\u201d agrees Zeno. \u201cIt was great working with low-code. In the future, I\u2019ll definitely use it again, though it depends on the type of application that needs to be built. For a data-based tool, it\u2019s really ideal. For more complex tasks, it can be a bit limiting at times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A great first impression<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jens and Zeno are both students at KdG, following the Applied Computer Science program with a specialization in Application Development. \u201cAt KdG, there was a kind of internship fair. Contribute was there, and we went straight to their booth. We immediately had a good feeling about them,\u201d explains Jens. \u201cSaskia, the HR manager, and Kelly, our internship supervisor, were present. They gave a great impression. They couldn\u2019t exactly say what the internship project would involve, but they made us feel comfortable. That\u2019s why we ultimately chose to do our internship at Contribute.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThey did mention we\u2019d be working with Oracle APEX, which we found exciting since we had always worked with Java or .NET before. It\u2019s nice to try something new,\u201d confirms Zeno.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Never treated as interns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat good feeling we had initially turned out to be completely right. From day one, we were warmly welcomed. The internship itself went really well. We were never really treated as interns,\u201d continues Zeno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTotally agree,\u201d Jens chimes in. \u201cWe were invited to team events, we went paddleboarding with colleagues\u2026 We were really embraced by the team. We could always reach out to them whenever we had questions, even to colleagues from the other companies within the cluster. You always have access to extensive expertise.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe free lunch, good infrastructure, and great work atmosphere made this internship a really positive experience for us,\u201d adds Zeno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a successful internship, Jens and Zeno are ready for the next step in their careers. \u201cI\u2019m going to start working as a .NET full-stack developer soon. I was already working part-time as a freelancer during my studies, so I knew I was ready to jump straight into work after my internship,\u201d explains Zeno. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019d like to take a course on AI and Data Science. Since there are a lot of similar subjects in my current program, it would initially be a lighter year. I might combine it with part-time work, but I\u2019m not completely sure yet,\u201d concludes Jens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zeno Van Leemput and Jens Bogaert started their internship at Contribute a few weeks ago. Together, they\u2019re working on an HR application developed in Oracle APEX. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-testimonials-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/contribute.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/contribute.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/contribute.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contribute.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contribute.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1479"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/contribute.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1563,"href":"https:\/\/contribute.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479\/revisions\/1563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contribute.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/contribute.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contribute.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contribute.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}