Coding Her Way Up: Hazel’s Start in Our Graduate Program

Hazel started coding through a course in high school. “I just thought, that’s interesting,” she said. Her high school experience eventually led her to her Master in IT.

After graduating, Hazel began searching for Graduate Programs online, and was intrigued by the Acusensus Graduate Program.

“This [program] is good because I have the opportunity to [rotate] between teams, and it said ‘AI team’ in the description, and it’s ‘interesting AI’, it’s not ‘normal,’ like a [chatbot],” Hazel shared. At the time, Hazel was living in Adelaide, and did her first two interviews online before flying to do her final interview in person at the Melbourne office.

When reflecting on the Graduate Program and the rotations involved, Hazel shared how her role has changed. She first started her Acusensus journey working in software support for Delivery, which focused on new projects. “We have a specific time frame before go-live, so there’s room to breathe [when it comes to learning software engineering],” Hazel said. She credits her team who gave her “very clear guidance and instructions on how to approach tasks,” which allowed her smooth transition to her Services rotation.

During her time in Services, Hazel learned to appreciate the end-to-end process behind Acusensus’ programs. “I had to do a lot more than software development, I had the chance to talk to different people from different departments, like the Operations Team, Reviewers and Pre-verifiers,” Hazel shared, “I received more hands-on experience with US-based projects.”

When asked about the future, Hazel shared that she’s excited about working on the WA program for her next rotation, as she would like to be involved in a multi-function trailer.

So far, Hazel could not pick her favourite part about working at Acusensus, she said she “likes everything” and would like to continue to broaden her interests. She’s also happy about her move to Melbourne and the people she got to meet at Acusensus.