Work Term 1 & 2: NCR

Information about the Employer 

NCR runs the everyday transactions that make peoples lives easier. They have a wide variety of products and services that you have probably used at some point. The team I am working with creates software solutions for remote deposit capture.

Goals 

To become a better programmer by:

-Developing fixes for bugs found in software. 
-Developing new software. 
-Assisting in reviewing more experienced developers code so I can learn best practices. 
-Having more experienced developers review my code to get feedback on how I can improve.

To become more efficient and effective at finding and fixing problems in software by:

-Practicing reproducing and finding the cause of issues. 
-Fixing the issues in a timely manner.

To learn more about the different development tools used at NCR by:

-Practicing using the tools (maven, GlassFish, MyEclipse, SVN) effectively when developing software 
-Asking questions when I am unsure how a tools is supposed to be used

Job Description 

For the Summer and Fall of 2014 I will be working as a member of the APTRA Passport Software Sustaining Engineering team (SSE). This team works on fixing customer raised issues for APTRA Passport and consists of about 15 people. This position consists of about 75% Development and 25% Testing.

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