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How playing Minecraft when I was 14 helped me on my first internship

Bozhidar reflects on his first experience with Imago and how he put long forgotten video game hosting skills to good use in a project to move a famous agile coaching game online.

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Working with clients, what to avoid and how to enjoy the journey

Working with clients is challenging but the rewards of delighting your client by developing software that really delivers on their needs make it worthwhile. Ingy reflects on her Imago summer project experience and draws some lessons for working with non-technical clients.

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Gaining an “Industrial Experience” at UoM with Course Mates and Academics: Three Reasons Why YOU Want to Join Us

It is widely acknowledged that an internship empowers students to gain the skills and experience that they need to get started with their careers later on. It can also provide students with real working experience, letting students know if their aspirations match the job reality. Why Imago can provide students with real-world experience? Imago is […]

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Collaboration during a global pandemic – how the Supergen team operated this summer.

COVID-19. Need I say more? It’s totally changed how people work and will affect how workplaces operate for years to come. This article discusses how we, the Supergen team, worked together despite never meeting in person and being spread across different timezones. In order to function well as a team, all members should get along […]

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Where we work from

In a post written shortly before the summer projects ended, Jang asks our student employees about their personal working environments.

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Q&A with Natalia, ex-Amazon

How does working for a student software company compare with working for a tech giant? Natalia has experienced both. She compares life as a developer at Amazon with her work for Imago this summer.

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Working from home – my experience

Jang Belche, business analyst with our Supergen team, describes his experiences of working from home for the first time. While he concedes a few negatives, Jang gives his home-office working patterns a big thumbs up.