One of the first things that Michelle worked on was an admin page to help Tidy employees manage all of the companies that use our products.

"I was on styling, and I had to use React which I had no idea how to use at the time. It was quite flexible and new to me. I did a lot of research and it pushed the limits of my CSS knowledge. I kept thinking, why is this button not going to the centre?! It was quite different to what I was used to using at uni, so it was a good refresher."

Michelle also worked on the frontend of Tidy's new product during her internship. Something she found interesting was reusing components for the styling.

"I'm working to try get it to look like the design because everything is so nested. If you change one thing, you have to change other things too. I learnt a lot about coding."

What surprised Michelle the most about her experience was how much more there is to learn about coding and coding practices.

"It was interesting working as a team and seeing how everyone has different roles. I worked in frontend and was like why won't you guys let me go into the backend? But that's the stuff you learn in third year. Also with frontend, it wasn't just code this up and it'll work. It was more like you have to get the design as well as the functionality to work together."

We finish with Michelle's top tip for future interns:

"Don't be afraid to ask for help, even if they [the supervisors] are busy, don't be afraid to ask."