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My traineeship

Leo — Tue, 12 May 2020 20:10:36 +0000

At the start of my second year in Epitech. I needed to do a traineeship, The company named LF Techonologie offer me the possibilty to do my formation during 6 months. This entreprise create hydraulic and mechanic benchmarks. What's more, in this company you can order special machinery.

For my traineeship, my work was to developpe an ERP(Enterprise Ressource Planning). You maybe wondering what an ERP is ? This is a software that can help a company's organisation. They let me worked on this project because the data acumulated in the past years needed to be sort. Thoses data was informations about the clients, providers, orders and the entreprise.

I was in charge to create from scratch a software and a Database(where the data is stock). I programmed the software with a language that I never used, so it took 2 weeks to learn all the basics of this computer language. And you won't beleive it but... It was my first time using Database too. Just like for the software, it took me few week to understand how is it working, and what I'll need to know in order to use it in my project.

After this two formations, I started the project. Each weeks, I planned goals before the following ones. For progressing in the project, I asked employee for some features that they wanted me to add in the software. At some point, I got some help from another trainee, who had already done some blueprint of Database. I reused and modified it to suit with the software.

At the end, I transfered each pieces of information from the old Database, to sort them in the one freshly create. My software worked perfectly with the Database. However, it was not a really big software because of my lake of skills and of time, but anway... I did what the company want me to do.

In conclusion, I've got some improvement in my tree of skills(like if i was in video games), my points were set among the computer language, Database, organisation and mostly in sociable skills.
That was my traineeship during my second year in Epitech.

And you ? What was your most important professional project ?

Léo Ménard

Why I like programming ?

Leo — Tue, 12 May 2020 17:09:50 +0000

Hi, another "I will bother your mind" episode. In this one I will explain where does my passion for programming come from.

During my childhood, my dream was to live by creating video games. And with the fact that there are more and more people working in this domain, I replaced that dream by the wish of becoming architect. As I grow up, I didn't want to have this job for my future, so I finally start programming.

I start programming, with a really low level when I was in High school. I just programmed during one year, but I loved the fact the machine do what I want it to do. I also loved the fact that I can use my logic skills in another way because the only subject in which I was good was mathematics during this time.

I finally chose Epitech, it's a school of informatics and innovations, for learn and upgrade my skills in informatics. But not only in developpement stuff, also my management skills in a group by interacting with my team mate. I can easily picture in my mind the algorithme about a programme. It's really enjoyable to use your software that you made by yourself. That why I loved programing.

What is your life project ? And do you like it ?

Léo Ménard

Helping studient

Leo — Tue, 12 May 2020 14:33:12 +0000

Hello, today I want to talk about one of my hobbies. Helping people, particularly students with their lesson in my free time. I don't do it to gain money but for free. If a student wants to pay me, I will obviously accept a really small amount of money if they really want to express gratitude.

I help students in mathematics and physics and don't ask me to help with French or whatever linguistics subjects... And I can't help people where the level is too high, High school is the highest I can do, because I don't have the knowlegde to help and I really don't want to teach something wrong.

I don't do their exercises for them, I'm like a teacher. If they need to do exercises that they didn't understand, I will explain some examples which can help their understanding. I let them do the exercises and I explain where their mistakes are, and how to correct them.

If they want some help because they don't understand something in the lesson, I create exercises which will help their comprehention. I also help when you need to remember some lesson like doing some more exercises or just explain some tips that already helped me.

That's what I'm doing when students ask my help in this two domain.
And you ? Have you already help people with their lesson ?

Léo Ménard

My life during the confinement

Leo — Mon, 11 May 2020 19:49:47 +0000

In France, when i wrote this text, the confinement just stoped, the 05/11.
And for me, the confinement change a bit my vision of the life.

During the confinement, I went back to live with my parents. When Emmanuel Macron announced that we will be locked in our homes, I did my bagages in less than a day to leave my studio, more than 8 bags and a suitcase. I was caring a lot of thing but mostly my informatic equipements, perishable foods and clothes.
Fun fact, I had to use my hair dryer to defrost my fridge, not the most environmentproof.

My days during the confinement was kind of peaceful. Not really, because for me the school didn't stop. I had to work on my projects again, but now, it was more difficult, because we had to work in video conference. The big part of us didn't want to work with all the other stuffs that you can do in this situation, like playing videogames, working on private project or just doing nothing. A really big part of us want to be a lazy person in this situation. For my part, I lived with my parents and this motivated me a lot.

Living with our parents during the student's life is precious. For exemple, you don't have to cook, and like I already said, I am really bad at cooking. My parents motivated me a lot because they were watching me in order to make me aware of some troubles that I had, mostly in the organisation part. I wanted to thanks them for all the stuffs that they have done and to endure me for the 6 next mounths, because my school will restart in september.

That was my life during the confinement, what was your ?

Léo Ménard

My student's life

Leo — Mon, 11 May 2020 17:36:57 +0000

When i wrote this text, i was actually in 2nd year in my dev's school, Epitech.
In this school, you don't have any teacher, the best teacher and friend that you had was internet, the only people that explain something was by conference. The system of mark of the school was by project, you had a certain time to return a solution of the problem asked. It was basically informatic and programing subjects. The school was opened 24h/24 and 7d/7 and you had to worked with team mates for return the projects.

This school was actualy pretty good because this showed how the working world work. But, this school asked us a lot of work and this took a lot of my free time. Personally, I think this is a good opportunity for my future life, learn to be independent.

During this time, I lived in a studio without my parent. This studio was next to the school, I just had to cross the street to enter in this school. This was pretty cool, mostly when you have a exam at 9 am and you just waked up at 8:50 am.

My studio and the school was in the downtown of Nantes. I had access to everything I wanted, like shops, restaurants or other stuffs like that. I mostly ate at lunch in restaurants and ordered my meal for the diner. Just a little secret between us, I was really not a good cook. This was my student's life during my 2nd year at Epitech.

And you, what was your student's life ?

Léo Ménard