Interning remotely from Christchurch, Bryan had weekly meetings with his Tauranga-based supervisor. Each Thursday, he presented his research findings and received feedback and guidance on next steps.

"I was actually working in a group, so all three of us did the research. After our meetings, we'd break down the tasks and distributed them amongst ourselves, then combined our insights."

On how his university experiences aided his internship work, Bryan says,

"In general, my courses helped me during my internship because it was mostly researched-based which is a skill I learnt through uni. But something different was that with Tidy I got to try more qualitative research, whereas things in my finance courses were usually quantitative."

Worlds away from the finance world of options and futures, Bryan was plunged into research and analysis on the healthcare industry. This aided upcoming work with Tidy's development of a new inventory management software targeted at the healthcare industry.

"I found it really enjoyable, learning how the healthcare system works in New Zealand and how different entities interact. It was also interesting to discover the way that different software systems can fall under the same category - so there are different software systems with different features, but they all still serve the same purpose. So then you have to analyse and propose what the best solutions are."