About the Author
Sylvia Ruiz joined Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, as an HR Program Manager focused on the new college graduates and interns joining our company. Her career manifested within the recruiting...
Full bioSylvia: Tell me a bit about yourself: Where are you from, where do you go to university and what are you studying?
Bessy:I grew up in Honduras, and when I finished high school, my parents and I were convinced that studying abroad was a good idea. I came to Costa Rica to study electronics engineering at the Costa Rica Institute of Technology in Cartago.
I like to spend time with my family and hang out with my friends. I love my pets and like to take care of plants and gardens.
Why are you passionate about technology?
I studied in technical high school. I am an electronics technician. I wanted to study electronics engineering but that major is only in private universities in Honduras. In the public universities, electrical engineering is the most related degree.
电子工程与电气工程不同。您会看到，电子工程更专注于低功率和绿色电路板。
I like all of these fields because you can change and improve what you’re working on. For example, at HPE, you have to deliver a chip that works and this makes everyone’s life better.
Why did you choose an internship at Aruba?
Last year I was in a camp organized by IEEE Women in Engineering. I went to a workshop and after it concluded, the women engineers introduced the internship program. I thought, why not ask? I approached the ASIC team director to tell her about myself and ask if there were any opportunities on the hardware team. We exchanged contacts, and the next day, I had a call with a manager. I started the internship a few months later.
What are your key responsibilities for your internship?
我正在研究时钟域交叉或CDC流，这是一种验证技术，可确保数据正确地从一个时钟区域传输到设计中的另一个时钟区域。一开始我必须读很多东西。在开始工作之前，您完全了解问题非常重要。它使您的生活更加轻松。当我必须维修或增强代码时，我保留所有培训，并记录旧流量和发现。
虚拟实习如何为您改变体验？
I’m working from my apartment now. I was in the office for six weeks. The HPE office is two hours from Cartago with traffic. Without traffic, it’s about 45 minutes.
The experience I haven’t had is seeing everyone face-to-face every day and being able to have breakfast with my teammates. Before everyone was working from home, we had an opportunity to share with other interns. But the development of the project is fine working virtually and my technical leader is a good coach.
您喜欢阿鲁巴的企业文化吗？
I like the innovative spirit and the constant research and development. At this moment, we’re working on several chips, each with different solutions to meet customer needs. I like that it never gets boring!
What is your ideal future career path?
我将在12月完成大学的项目。我想继续成为公司的一员。我真的学到了很多东西，喜欢参加研究。
What advice would you provide to students applying for internships next year?
Sometimes when you are at university you are afraid to get involved in different activities. It’s important to get out of your bubble beyond the courses. Don’t be afraid of getting involved in volunteering, arts, sports or another extracurriculars. All of these will provide you with different skills so you can interact with different kinds of people. It provides you with emotional intelligence and will help you in everyday life.
I recently spoke toNjabulo Ndlovu是南非开普敦的软件开发实习生。他想问：您的Aruba实习是您期望的，这项工作是否有意义？
I am very happy with the work, and I just got my internship extended. As of the end of July, I will have been at Aruba for six months.
But I didn’t expect the coronavirus. I had to learn how to concentrate better because you have more distractions at home.
If you could ask another Aruba intern anything, what would it be?
I would ask if he or she would prefer having another six months of an internship in this virtual manner or would he or she prefer having only three months but being able to go to the site and interact with everyone.
