Alumna: Suchita Savant
Graduation Year: 2015
Programme: Computer Engineering
Current Position: Software Engineer at Microsoft
Prevision Position(s): Delivery Software Engineer at Mphasis
Journey so far:
I currently work at Microsoft‘ as a ‘Software Engineer‘, with my basic role being an active member of the ‘Software Development Life Cycle‘. I have been part of ‘Requirement-Gathering‘ discussions with the client, give away estimations as part of ‘Feasibility-Analysis‘, worked on the ‘Design‘ of the project with pseudo-codes, got them approved in ‘Work Product Reviews‘, have been part of the ‘Development-Phase‘ that required full-fledged coding, performed thorough ‘Unit-Testing‘ and ‘System-Integration-Testing‘, have actively participated in the ‘Deployment-phase‘, and finally the ‘Post-Implementation-phase‘, thereby successfully delivering multiple projects.
What is your message to the current students?
Message: Make the most of your time in college. Being part of a professional environment and working is IT is fun too, but the joys that college life would offer you, the friends you would make, the rapport you would build with some of your favorite professors and the sync with which you would work on your final year projects as a Team, all of these memories would be irreplaceable. Don Bosco has done a commendable job in getting the best staff as faculty and getting together the best equipment and infrastructure. I was part of the first batch in 2015, and we have seen and lived days in both the old and new structures. The memories I made with my group of friends, are cherished till date, and would always remain close to my heart. I would suggest that you go with an open mind and enjoy everything you do. Life and scores would automatically begin to work for you 🙂 Good Luck!!