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Muhammad Zuhayr Ackburally

- Muhammad Zuhayr Ackburally interned for 16 weeks at Silverlake Mobility Ecosystem Sdn. Bhd. located in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. - During his internship, he helped design Android interfaces and developed the administrator control panel and merchant portal for a mobile app to manage complaints for Malaysian businesses. - He gained valuable experience working with professionals and learning new skills like PHP, HTML5, JSON, Apache Tomcat servers, and MySQL Workbench. However, the daily commute was challenging and his university skills did not fully prepare him for the work.

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Intern’s Profile and On-Site Work Experience COMPANY NAME: SILVERLAKE MOBILITY ECOSYSTEM SDN. BHD. Name: Muhammad Zuhayr Ackburally Qualification: Degree (Bachelor of Information Technology 3+0, Coventry University, UK) Employer: Silverlake Mobility Ecosystem Sdn. Bhd. Location: Phileo Damansara 1 No. 9, Jalan16/11, off Jalan Damansara 46350, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan Worked for: 16 weeks Why I chose this career? When I chose my subjects for my A- levels, Computer Science was top of my list. During my A-levels, I discovered the true power of this incredible science and how it is has helped shaped the world as we know it today and how it will continue to contribute to the future. Choosing this field as a career was merely a matter of time and of course getting to university. Once in university, my lecturers as well as friends helped me discover more and I plunged more and more in it to the extent that today I cannot see myself in any other field. This field offers incredible opportunities and will allow me to be at the fore front of technological developments. What motivates me? Challenges, pressure and the will to always be better motivate me most. I have never shied away from taking up challenges, whether academic life or extra-curricular one. Those challenges have helped shaped the present day ME. I have failed many times but I have learnt from those and risen up to be better. I always tend to work best under pressure and in time I have grown to harness this ability and turn it to my advantage. Over the years at the university, I have learnt to keep calm in tense situations and extract the best possible outcomes. The will to better myself and the work I am undertaking has made people tag me as a ‘perfectionist’. It is a tag I relish since I believe that the world need more of such kinds of attitude.
Things that I do that I like most @ Work… Programming was never something which I relished doing but ever since working on my Final Year Project and seeing the ‘power of programming’ first hand at Silverlake – it has been something which I have particularly liked. Being in an organization which specializes in developing applications, this gave me the opportunity to enhance my skills and understand this industry better. So today, I can proudly say that my skills in PHP, HTML5, Javascript as well as MySql are much better. I have even tried my hand at designing Android interfaces in XML which was something new and which I would like to take further in the future. I need more training and re-skilling @ work on… Here also I would mention programming since I have seen first-hand how ‘tech jobs’ are in demand and would like to be better at the above mentioned programming languages as well as getting to grasp with Java – something which I have struggled since my semesters at university. Java would have helped me to contribute more towards Android development at work. I would add that time management, communications skills and decision making are things which must be continuously improved upon. I am today better than during the last year but there is scope to become better still and improve all my overall skills. About My Job… The team of INTI students here were tasked to create an Android application to store and manage complaints for businesses in Malaysia. My job during the 16 weeks which I spent at Silverlake consisted of two things. Firstly, helping my team members in designing the Android interfaces and researching on how the features and functions we wanted could be implemented. Secondly, I worked on the web part of the application which involved creating the Administrator control panel as well as the portal for the merchant/business to interact with the consumers. These jobs enabled me to try my hands at new things and learn the ‘industry way’, which we are not taught in class, from the professionals of the business. These opened my eyes to incredible new possibilities which I intend to perfect to be work ready. Work Challenges… The biggest challenge which I faced during those 16 weeks was to stay motivated. The reason for this being that I travelled every day from Nilai to Damansara and the journey itself could knock the stuffing out of you! Coming to work on time and getting work done was important. Laziness can never be an option in the working world and I learnt this first hand. Secondly, my skills set from my 3 years at university did not make me work ready for the job at hand. Developing an Android application which makes use of JSON, servlets, Apache Tomcat servers as well as MySQL Workbench were all new things. Even my skills in PHP and HTML5 were basic at best. The whole team thus took more time that required to understand those new concepts and then only we could work.
My Unforgettable Moment… I cannot pin-point one unforgettable moment during my internship period. On the contrary I can say that the whole period was a very good experience for me. I learnt new things, worked with hardworking people, improved on my skills and I can definitely say that I am more work ready that 16 weeks ago. I have today a better idea of the direction I want to give my career in this industry. My ADVICE to YOU… As advice, I would say that wherever you get the opportunity to intern, seize it with both hands. Take the time to learn and make your weeks there worthwhile and not a waste of time. Things may become frustrating but we alone have the possibility to better that. Work hard; be respectful; be disciplined. And let your talent speak for yourself! *

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  • 1. Intern’s Profile and On-Site Work Experience COMPANY NAME: SILVERLAKE MOBILITY ECOSYSTEM SDN. BHD. Name: Muhammad Zuhayr Ackburally Qualification: Degree (Bachelor of Information Technology 3+0, Coventry University, UK) Employer: Silverlake Mobility Ecosystem Sdn. Bhd. Location: Phileo Damansara 1 No. 9, Jalan16/11, off Jalan Damansara 46350, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan Worked for: 16 weeks Why I chose this career? When I chose my subjects for my A- levels, Computer Science was top of my list. During my A-levels, I discovered the true power of this incredible science and how it is has helped shaped the world as we know it today and how it will continue to contribute to the future. Choosing this field as a career was merely a matter of time and of course getting to university. Once in university, my lecturers as well as friends helped me discover more and I plunged more and more in it to the extent that today I cannot see myself in any other field. This field offers incredible opportunities and will allow me to be at the fore front of technological developments. What motivates me? Challenges, pressure and the will to always be better motivate me most. I have never shied away from taking up challenges, whether academic life or extra-curricular one. Those challenges have helped shaped the present day ME. I have failed many times but I have learnt from those and risen up to be better. I always tend to work best under pressure and in time I have grown to harness this ability and turn it to my advantage. Over the years at the university, I have learnt to keep calm in tense situations and extract the best possible outcomes. The will to better myself and the work I am undertaking has made people tag me as a ‘perfectionist’. It is a tag I relish since I believe that the world need more of such kinds of attitude.
  • 2. Things that I do that I like most @ Work… Programming was never something which I relished doing but ever since working on my Final Year Project and seeing the ‘power of programming’ first hand at Silverlake – it has been something which I have particularly liked. Being in an organization which specializes in developing applications, this gave me the opportunity to enhance my skills and understand this industry better. So today, I can proudly say that my skills in PHP, HTML5, Javascript as well as MySql are much better. I have even tried my hand at designing Android interfaces in XML which was something new and which I would like to take further in the future. I need more training and re-skilling @ work on… Here also I would mention programming since I have seen first-hand how ‘tech jobs’ are in demand and would like to be better at the above mentioned programming languages as well as getting to grasp with Java – something which I have struggled since my semesters at university. Java would have helped me to contribute more towards Android development at work. I would add that time management, communications skills and decision making are things which must be continuously improved upon. I am today better than during the last year but there is scope to become better still and improve all my overall skills. About My Job… The team of INTI students here were tasked to create an Android application to store and manage complaints for businesses in Malaysia. My job during the 16 weeks which I spent at Silverlake consisted of two things. Firstly, helping my team members in designing the Android interfaces and researching on how the features and functions we wanted could be implemented. Secondly, I worked on the web part of the application which involved creating the Administrator control panel as well as the portal for the merchant/business to interact with the consumers. These jobs enabled me to try my hands at new things and learn the ‘industry way’, which we are not taught in class, from the professionals of the business. These opened my eyes to incredible new possibilities which I intend to perfect to be work ready. Work Challenges… The biggest challenge which I faced during those 16 weeks was to stay motivated. The reason for this being that I travelled every day from Nilai to Damansara and the journey itself could knock the stuffing out of you! Coming to work on time and getting work done was important. Laziness can never be an option in the working world and I learnt this first hand. Secondly, my skills set from my 3 years at university did not make me work ready for the job at hand. Developing an Android application which makes use of JSON, servlets, Apache Tomcat servers as well as MySQL Workbench were all new things. Even my skills in PHP and HTML5 were basic at best. The whole team thus took more time that required to understand those new concepts and then only we could work.
  • 3. My Unforgettable Moment… I cannot pin-point one unforgettable moment during my internship period. On the contrary I can say that the whole period was a very good experience for me. I learnt new things, worked with hardworking people, improved on my skills and I can definitely say that I am more work ready that 16 weeks ago. I have today a better idea of the direction I want to give my career in this industry. My ADVICE to YOU… As advice, I would say that wherever you get the opportunity to intern, seize it with both hands. Take the time to learn and make your weeks there worthwhile and not a waste of time. Things may become frustrating but we alone have the possibility to better that. Work hard; be respectful; be disciplined. And let your talent speak for yourself! *