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Angel Woo
More than mastering coding
Angel Woo
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Ever since childhood, I have enjoyed using technology to design and create things like birthday cards for my friends and websites for my family. The older I grew, the more I realized how code and algorithms can empower society for the greater good. That’s why I chose computer science as my major at university.
The overseas attachments I did with the support of the Innovation & Technology Scholarship took me to Japan in 2019-2020. I looked for experiential learning activities that are rare in Hong Kong. At the Rakuten Technology Conference, for example, and l learned about the latest frontend technologies directly from their developers.
I also took part in workshops and competitions in space technology and was fascinated by the satellite missions I learned about at the University of Tokyo. With a team of local students majoring in aerospace engineering, I entered the International Satellite Design Contest hosted by The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Our design for a lunar rover mission won us the Grand Prize in the Idea Section as well as the Astronomical Society of Japan Prize. All these experiences reinforced my enthusiasm for computer science and helped me to define my career goals.
In addition, I took an Aviation Business Project Course coorganized by the University of Tokyo and Airbus Japan and did an Airbus Japan Business Project. The course syllabus included the use of cost models to estimate airline company finances. Mr Raymond Cheng, Group General Manager & Chief Operating Officer of HSBC Asia Pacific, has been my mentor under the scholarship scheme. He has given me his advice on career goals and shared with me his personal experience of doing a final year project as a university student. By listening to his story. I have learnt that being skilled in technology is not about mastering coding languages but about equipping oneself with the ability to adapt quickly to the latest trends.
My next internship will help me to decide what to do upon graduation. Ideally, I want to sharpen my skills in designing and testing software for industrial use.
In future, I anticipate taking a software engineeringrelated role in Hong Kong that allows me to come up with innovative solutions based on clients’ business requirements. Still, I look forward to having the chance to explore overseas career options and I hope the chance will come again to collaborate with professionals across the globe when international travel is possible.
Angel Woo Chung-yu is studying Engineering in Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong
