The program provided valuable, practical insight into the kind of work undertaken in a modern software engineering environment at Telstra. Covering areas such as API development, database integration, Behaviour-Driven Development, and code quality practices, the program offered an excellent understanding of their operational environment and equipped me with relevant skills.

The program gave you a practical experience in building a microservice architecture using Spring Boot and JPA. It wasn’t just about writing code — you actually learned to: Design REST APIs. Integrate with a database using JPA. Communicate with another service (SimCardActuator) using REST. Handle real-time data transactions.

I really appreciated how the program introduced me to SonarQube in a practical way. It helped me understand the importance of writing clean, maintainable code and how to detect issues early using automated tools. The hands-on setup and analysis process were very useful for building real-world development habits.