Blog1 April 2026
Rejoice Chitou
- Introduction: My name is Rejoice. I’ve been at Ada for 6 months. It is the 24th of February, 2026 and I’m currently studying T Level digital software development.
- What’s your biggest goal right now? My biggest goal right now is to stay consistent with my haircuts and grow a successful business.
- Is there anything you’re nervous about or struggling with at the moment? I’m not really nervous about anything, but I would say that I struggle with procrastination and time management.
- What are you most proud of since we last spoke? I’m proud of my Cisco placement. I got a three-week placement at Cisco where I got to do work experience and I worked with top professionals and I understood how the business worked and I thought that was quite fun.
- What’s your dream job right now? My dream job, I would say I’m balancing between a software engineer and a solutions engineer.
- What do you think future you might say to you right now? Stop eating so much.
- What would you say to your past self? I would say to my past self, you should have got a haircut.
Junayd Fetuga
- Introduction: My name is Junayd Fetuga. I study maths, further maths, and computer science. It’s the 24th of February today and I’ve been at Ada for six months.
- What’s your biggest goal right now? My biggest goal right now is to complete the unit 7 cyber security coursework and prepare for apprenticeships by doing outside courses for myself.
- Is there anything you’re nervous about or struggling with at the moment? I’m nervous about having to start things on my own to prepare for apprenticeships because I need to show that I’m willing to do things outside of just school work. Since I already do a lot of school work, having to do these things myself is something I’m nervous about.
- What are you most proud of since we last spoke? I’m the most proud about getting A’s in all my different maths. Even though I thought I was going to do bad on statistics, I still did well.
- What’s your dream job right now? Now maybe I’d say data analyst. I think I’d say data analyst because that’s become very interesting to me.
- What do you think future you might say to you right now? He’d say I need to start doing stuff outside of school, like courses and my own projects. He’d say that because the longer I don’t start, the worse it will be over time, so I should start now to get better.
- What would you say to your past self? I’d say to read the descriptions about what you have to do for the coursework very closely.
Mamon Maihanwal
- Introduction: My name is Mamon. I’m doing a BTEC Level 3 in Computer Science and a Business A-level. The date is currently the 24th of February 2026, and I’ve been at Ada for six months.
- What’s your biggest goal right now? At the moment, I’m just trying to balance my coursework and my academic success. I’m hoping to get possibly A’s in my next exam or the highest possible grade in my coursework, which would be around a D*.
- Is there anything you’re nervous about or struggling with at the moment? I’m not nervous, however, when it comes to struggles, I would say in my most recent projects my teammates have not been the most productive. It’s been a bit difficult working with people that are in their own mind.
- What are you most proud of since we last spoke? Ever since I renewed my LinkedIn, I’ve had a major increase in connections. I’ve been reaching out to large corporations and I have been getting much better grades. My academic success has risen more than my last interview.
- What do you think future you might say to you right now? I think he would probably say keep doing what you’re doing, try to utilise all resources available to you, and don’t give up.
- What would you say to your past self? I would tell him to maybe be a bit more patient. Sometimes he could be a bit energetic and impulsive; sometimes it’s good to take a break and allow your mind to settle for possible opportunities.
Rajan Mahil
- Introduction: My name is Rajan Mahill. I’ve been at Ada for six months. Today is the 24th of February and I’ve been studying maths at A-level and computer science BTEC.
- What’s your biggest goal right now? Right now my biggest goal is going to be to get an apprenticeship with a good company.
- Is there anything you’re nervous about or struggling with at the moment? I’m a little bit nervous about coursework. The next bit looks quite big, but I think I should be all right.
- What are you most proud of since we last spoke? I got a distinction in my first piece of coursework. It was very difficult, so I’m glad that I did a good job.
- What’s your dream job right now? Right now my dream job would be an AI engineer or working in cyber security.
- What do you think future you might say to you right now? My future self would say to keep working hard.
- What would you say to your past self? To my past self, I’d say probably do more with your free time and make use of the time that you have.
Alexandra Banciu
- Introduction: My name is Alex. Today is the 26th of February 2026 and I’ve been at Ada for six months. I’m currently studying A-level psychology and BTEC computer science.
- What’s your biggest goal right now? I think my biggest goal right now is to complete the unit 7 coursework and manage to get a distinction.
- Is there anything you’re nervous about or struggling with at the moment? I’m pretty nervous about the future and what’s going to happen in one year’s time, for example.
- What are you most proud of since we last spoke? I’m pretty proud of completing industry projects and also managing to finish my coursework on time.
- What’s your dream job right now? My dream job is anything within the cyber security sector.
- What do you think future you might say to you right now? I think my future me would be proud of how far I’ve gotten and she would just say to have fun along the way.
- What would you say to your past self? To my past self, I’d probably say that I’m proud of her and that she’s come so far. I would say that all the work she put in has paid off.
Oyku Kirec
- Introduction: My name is Oyku Kirec and today is 26th of February 2026. I study BTEC Computer Science and Business A-Levels and I’m in the innovative pathway. I’ve been in Ada for six months.
- What’s your biggest goal right now? My biggest goal right now is to successfully finish my unit 7 coursework and hopefully get a distinction.
- Is there anything you’re nervous about or struggling with at the moment? I’m nervous about what pathway I’m going to pick in the future and if I’m going to go to uni or be an apprenticeship.
- What are you most proud of since we last spoke? I’m most proud of finishing my coursework with a distinction and being successful in it.
- What’s your dream job right now? My dream job right now is to be a project manager in a tech company.
- What do you think future you might say to you right now? Future me would probably say to herself that you don’t need to stress yourself out as much as you did in college.
- What would you say to your past self? I would say to my past self, keep trying and don’t give up because everything will be worth it in the end.
Lameesah Dar
- Introduction: My name is Lameesah. Today is the 26th of Feb 2026 and I have been at Ada for six months. I’m doing the creator pathway studying graphics.
- What’s your biggest goal right now? My biggest goal right now is to complete unit seven.
- Is there anything you’re nervous about or struggling with at the moment? The things that I’m struggling with currently is keeping track of my homework and revision for mocks and coursework.
- What are you most proud of since we last spoke? One of the things that I’m proud of since we last spoke was I completed unit 14 and it came back with good results.
- What’s your dream job right now? My dream job right now is to get into the games industry and make game terrain and maps and animation maybe.
- What do you think future you might say to you right now? Be more organised and really knuckle down on revision.
- What would you say to your past self? What I would say to my past self would be to better manage my time.
Sharon John
- Introduction: My name is Sharon. Today is the 26th of Feb 2026. I’ve been at Ada for 6 months and I’m doing T Levels at the moment.
- What’s your biggest goal right now? My biggest goal would be probably securing more work experience and doing the last three weeks of my placement.
- Is there anything you’re nervous about or struggling with at the moment? I’m currently struggling with my coding for my course as well.
- What are you most proud of since we last spoke? I’m most proud of finishing the first three weeks at my placement at WWT, World Technology.
- What’s your dream job right now? My dream job right now would probably be to be a technical consultant.
- What do you think future you might say to you right now? My future self would probably say I should have paid more attention at the start of the year and done more side projects.
- What would you say to your past self? I would say that maybe she should have done more practice instead of just having fun every single day.