In the first half of his apprenticeship, Benjamin first found his way into programming. In addition to planning software projects, he also learned about various concepts for their implementation. He acquired knowledge in the design of user interfaces and already mastered smaller projects.
He made programming languages like C++, C# and Python his own. He received great support from Benedikt Wiest, a younger colleague in the MCS department, who accompanied him during his apprenticeship and who was always there to help with both test projects and tips and tricks.

In the second half of his apprenticeship, Benjamin worked his way into larger projects. He created web applications under Java Script and HTML as well as databases with web-based access.

In his 70-hour final project, he developed a software as a dashboard with information about the status of active applications in the MCS environment. In addition, he developed a graphical overview of the system utilization and the display of malfunctions.

After the end of his apprenticeship, he will now take over tasks in the MCS department, get to know existing software environments in more depth and become familiar with the development environments of the control and visualization software FlowMate and MINDA MoveIT.
Thus, he prepares for future projects for which he will develop or extend and document the software and commission it on site at the customer.

As a prerequisite for this professional apprenticeship, Benjamin gives the following tips to interested students: One should enjoy programming, have a logical thinking ability, be fond of math and possibly computer science and have a good knowledge of English. The latter preferences are not only important for self-study but also for on-site customer interventions.

All MINDA colleagues wish Benjamin a good start into his professional life and a lot of success for the future!