The best advice that someone gave me about my careers is applying to the Polytechnic because I come from Sicily so the University of Catania is good but not good enough. in Polytechnica I have so much more opportunity not only for a job for the future but also during my studies there is there are a lot of student team in which I am right now I was in Polydotion until a few weeks ago and now I’m in another team just because I’d like to change. Who gave me this advice? It was my cousin. Now he’s doing the PhD in France. So he left me, but I think his advice was one of the best. But I also have to mention the advice of applying to the team was part of my colleagues and they teach me a lot of stuff and learning how to do, how to apply what I studied during my exams, during my lessons. It’s really, really helpful, not only because I learn from what I do, but also improve myself, makes me feel a bit more, how can I say, consciousness of what can I do, so improve my self-confidence also, because sometimes you don’t pass an exam, but when you know that you can do stuff that maybe most of the other people can’t do, and not only because it’s not written in a book, but it’s something that you have to think about, to read documentation, and understand how to apply it makes me feel way way more versatile and capable of doing stuff.
Band 7+: Describe a piece of good advice you received relating to your career or studies. You should say: - Who gave you the advice - What the advice was - When they gave you the advice And explain why it was good advice.
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The best advice that someone gave me about my career is to apply to the Polytechnic because I come from Sicily. The University of Catania is good, but not good enough. At the Polytechnic, I have so many more opportunities, not only for a job in the future but also during my studies. There are a lot of student teams, and I was in one until a few weeks ago. Now I'm in another team just because I wanted to change. Who gave me this advice? It was my cousin. Now he's doing his PhD in France. He left me, but I think his advice was one of the best. I also have to mention that the advice to apply to the team came from my colleagues, and they taught me a lot. I learned how to apply what I studied during my exams and lessons. It's really helpful, not only because I learn from what I do, but it also improves myself. It makes me feel more aware of what I can do, which boosts my self-confidence. Sometimes you don't pass an exam, but when you know that you can do things that maybe most other people can't do, it's not just because it's not written in a book. It's something you have to think about, read documentation, and understand how to apply it. This makes me feel much more versatile and capable of doing things.
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