Hotels.ng Internship, partnered by Ingressive For Good have thrown the gates wide open for the 8th edition of the HNG Internship 8.0.

The Mark Essien and Seyi Onifade-led internship has proven time and again to be one of Nigeria's best accelerator programs for tech geniuses all over Africa to showcase their skill and hopefully get absorbed into a full time role when they apply for jobs after the 8 week program.

For a lot of rookie and even expert developers, this internship offers the opportunity of improving their collaborative skills in the tech ecosystem, building lifelong friendships and networks as well as the invaluable experience of realtime work environment simulations. Applications to join the internship will be closing on Tuesday and prospective applicants can join here.

I am currently trying to advance my skills as an expert Frontend developer and I have decided to join this internship with the aim of achieving the following goals:

• To attract valuable work contacts and hopefully get an important stepping-stone to securing a job and climbing the first rung on my career ladder.

• To develop critical and requisite work skills and get the edge over competition in the industry.

• I would also like to get even further out of "tutorial hell", gain experience beyond the books and explore unexpected avenues.

• To work on exciting work projects and have valuable experiences to talk about with future recruiters at interviews.

At the end of 8 weeks, I want to have attained a level of independence in starting out my own major projects. Taking away lots of experience is really key for me

If you somehow stumbled on this article and want to make a quick transition into tech, you can take a refresher course to get familiar with the following links to help you kickstart your journey.

TAKE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING LINKS ARE TO GET YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE SPACE.

I recommend starting with HTML and CSS
HTML AND CSS
https://youtu.be/mU6anWqZJcc

You could then have a look at JavaScript or a programming language like python. It all really depends on which appeals to you but I took the liberty of adding JavaScript and Python.

Full Javascript course for beginners
https://youtu.be/jS4aFq5-91M

Python for beginners
https://youtu.be/_uQrJ0TkZlc

You should also learn version control because you would need it every other time for collaborating with other developers in building projects.
Getting started with GIT
https://youtu.be/8JJ101D3knE

You should also check out this refresher to know how to implement pixel perfect designs from Figma.

Figma tutorial for beginners
https://youtu.be/Gu1so3pz4bA

If backend is more like your thing, you could check this out too
Backend with Node.js
https://youtu.be/Oe421EPjeBE

And if you like Mobile Development, you could start here as well.
Mobile development with Flutter
https://youtu.be/pTJJsmejUOQ

It is a fast-paced internship but I will do my best to share my experiences. Ciao.