I am Ignesius Kwena Morena, currently based in Pretoria CBD coming all the way from Limpopo in a township called Lebowakgomo. Studied Information and Communication technology in Highschool for 4 years out of 5 high school years. Also went on to do online courses (MOOCS) from institutions like Coursera, IBM… to name a few. Studied National Diploma in Information Technology and specialised in Software Development. Post graduation went back to do two Advanced Diploma’s (Advanced Diploma in Computer Sciences @Tshwane University of Technology and Advanced Diploma in Business Analysis @ Mancosa) which are currently ongoing as I am writing this.
Work Experience
*Student Assistant - Tshwane University of Technology (2 Months)
Junior Software Developer – Consumatech Solutions (7 Months)
Cyber Security & Cloud Trainee – ThinkTank (6 Months)
Data Analytics and PowerBI Program – Deviare (3 Months)
Full Stack Engineer - Clear Access (7 Months) – Currently working here.
Why Diploma in IT
It all started when I was in grade 4 and I had just received my first ever computer which I disassembled and reassembled, and it worked perfectly fine. My issue has always been that of curiosity and wanting to understand why it is operating the way it does and what it took to get there. Hence, I started ICT in High School for 4/5 years of which in grade 12 I received best learner certificates in Electrical technology and Information and Communication Technology and lastly studied the same at university.
Internship
I got the internship through LinkedIn, I think someone had posted a while back that we should submit our Resumes to an email which was written on the post, later went to an interview at the company I am currently working at and within a day from the interview… I received a call from Intelleto to come through for contract signing and the rest was history.
Company
The company I am currently working for is the same I got the internship for, and it has been 7 months since I started and it has been nothing but pure joy and a bit challenging seeing that it forced me to be out of my comfort zone (Back-end Development), and I am currently a Junior Full Stack Engineer.
