Pronovix ITrainee Program

After my studies in economics, I decided to realise my childhood dream of becoming a developer. While I tried to familiarise myself with the basics before my application, the real progress was achieved during this three-month program. As an ITrainee, I could learn and work as part of the Pronovix team, and it all became an exciting adventure… especially because I was finally hired as a junior front-end developer with continued mentoring. I feel that I can develop day by day, both professionally and personally, as I always have the chance to learn something new.

I attended the ITrainee program in 2019 as part of my mandatory university internship, which means that I already had some background knowledge about web development. All the same, I was surprised to see how much I could still learn about things that are not taught at universities, such as professional workflows, actual teamwork and up-to-date web development technologies. At last, I successfully completed the program and also got a job opportunity at the company. I started as a novice but got promoted to higher levels since then, and I can still see many ways for development.

I was working as a university professor when I heard about the ITrainee Program. I’d been thinking about a career change back then, so I was happy to grab the opportunity. I applied with zero IT knowledge, but I got in! During the three months of the traineeship I’ve learnt so much that at the end of the program I got a job offer. Today I’m working as a backend developer, and I’m growing a bit every day.

My primary aim with the ITrainee Program was to gain professional experience beside my IT related studies, but in the end, I also found an excellent workplace at Pronovix. During the program, I had the chance to experience team work with the other trainees, and we got dedicated mentors by our side who guided us through the projects, which were very much like the ones I have to cope with nowadays. The icing on the cake is that I not only gained skills and learnt a lot, but also found some new friends here.

The ITrainee Program is a good opportunity if you are interested in web development and would like to obtain practice-oriented knowledge. Everyone is welcome, your background doesn’t really matter. I thought it would be disadvantageous that I didn’t have too much experience in this field, but my teammates and the mentors were kind and they helped in everything.

I came to the program with zero IT experience, but this wasn’t a problem at all. With the help and guidance of the mentors, I was able to learn things I have never even heard of. I guess, this is one of the main benefits of the program: it helps you to realize that you are capable of doing much more than you think.