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A Story About Arrival Dwi Sentosa, Lecturer at Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bangkit Machine Learning Instructor Educational institutions and industries each have their strengths in providing tech training. Universities excel at solidifying a fundamental theory, while industries focus on implementing cutting-edge technologies. Arrival Dwi Sentosa (27), a Lecturer at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), perceives that these two sectors can collaborate in shaping tech talents that can impact Indonesia's future. Seeing the students’ growing interest in AI, Arrival—that’s what he’s called—thinks that Bangkit is the best place to nurture this youth generation’s emerging passion. Therefore, believing that academia and industry can cooperate in cultivating Indonesian students’ interest in AI, he decided to contribute to Bangkit 2024 Batch 1 as a Machine Learning Instructor. How was Arrival’s journey as an educator and trainer in Bangkit? Let’s read the whole story! Teaching Is Not a Job; It’s ...

A Story about Muhammad Furqan, Senior Software Engineer - Android at Tokopedia, Bangkit 2022 Contributor “To teach is to learn twice over.” (Joseph Joubert, French Essayist) Joseph Joubert’s quote above seems to resonate with Muhammad Furqan's (27) vision of teaching. Since Furqan―that’s what he called―was an Informatics Student at Universitas Syiah Kuala, he has had a passion for education because of the value he holds the most in his life. Served as Laboratory Assistant on his campus once, Furqan believes that someone who reaped the most benefits from teaching is the teacher itself because the best method of learning is by teaching. Anyone Can Be a Teacher and a Learner Furqan is a Senior Software Engineer - Android at Tokopedia who has been familiar with Bangkit since 2021. He heard about this information from an Android engineer group in his office. Then his superior announced an opportunity for employees to contribute to Bangkit as an instructor. Considering teaching is one of...

A Story about William Prabowo, Strategic Partner Manager at Google, Bangkit 2022 Contributor “As much as 77% of employers believe that soft skills are as important as hard skills." (Skill Survey, 2021) When he had just finished his undergraduate studies, William Prabowo (29) personally experienced how soft critical skills are. As a graduate of chemical engineering, William knew that soft skills played an important role in him to kick start a career in the tech industry. Had only William relied on hard skills, a chemical engineer like him would have definitely had difficulty in launching his career at Google. However, William understood that soft skills are as necessary, if not more important, than hard skills in his career. Therefore, by maintaining close relationships with his networks, he got referred, interviewed, and accepted to contribute to Google in the San Francisco Bay Area, USA. Now that William had started his new position as Strategic Partner Manager at Google Indonesi...

A Story about Johanes Glenn, Customer Solution Consultant at Google Bangkit 2022 Contributor "Indonesia needs 9 million digital talents at the middle level." (Johny G. Plate, Minister of Communications and Informatics, 2021) Indonesia's enormous need for digital talents with specific qualifications makes Johanes Glenn (37) see Bangkit as an educational program that can meet this demand. Glenn sees this program's high-scale impact with participants from all over Indonesia. It moved him to take part in it. As an expert who understands very well that tech insights were challenging to obtain in the past, he wants to help produce a new generation that is better prepared for this field. Provide Broader Exposure for Students Glenn is a Customer Solution Consultant at Google, assigned to help customers adopt Google Cloud. His experience with cloud systems makes him capable of being Cloud Computing Instructor in Bangkit 2021 and this year. For Glenn, Bangkit is a very fantasti...

A Story about Bapak Bayu Rahayudi, Senior Lecturer at Universitas Brawijaya Bangkit 2022 Contributor “Tell me, and I forget. Teach me, and I remember. Involve me, and I will learn.” Benjamin Franklin Taking part in capstone projects and guiding the students to execute the plan are two things that excited Pak Bayu Rahayudi, M.T., M.M. (48) the most when he contributed to Bangkit. In Bangkit 2021, Pak Bayu carried out his Machine Learning (ML) Instructor duties. This year, he is serving as Capstone Projects Mentor. What has moved him to return to Bangkit? Seeing an Added Value of Capstone Project Pak Bayu is a Senior Lecturer at Universitas Brawijaya with myriad activities. Apart from teaching, he also heads BPPM ( Badan Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat ), a campus research and community service agency. While playing an active role in BPPM, Pak Bayu is also preparing for his doctoral studies in Environmental Science. By taking a cross-departmental study, Pak Bayu wants to create a s...

A Story About Ibu Cindy Himawan: Bangkit 2021 Contributor The story of Cindy Himawan (35) from ITHB tells us about the true calling of being a teacher. When Ibu Cindy was 26 years old, she decided to leave the peak of her career as SAP SD Consultant, an international company based in Singapore. At that time, she had a good job and traveled worldwide to maintain her ongoing project. But her desire to contribute to Indonesia’s education development is unstoppable, so she decided to return to Indonesia. For Ibu Cindy Himawan, living her dream as an educator is a meaningful journey. Let’s get to know this inspiring lecturer better. Live the Dream with Her Life Partner Ibu Cindy is a person who is passionate about education. Not only lecturing at several universities, one of which is ITHB, she also plays her role as a mother of three. With the hope of providing her children with the best education at home, Ibu Cindy manages to homeschool her children with herself as the teacher. “Education ...

A Story About Dicky Satriawan, Bangkit 2021 Contributor Living in a fast-paced world like these days, Dicky Satriawan (24), one of Bangkit 2021 contributors, still struggled with the internet connection in his village, Pakah, Mantingan districts, in Ngawi, East Java. Dicky’s passion for learning and giving is big, but his resources are insufficient. Nevertheless, it didn’t prevent him from giving his best in Bangkit. Born and Raised in a Low-Tech Neighborhood Dicky was born and raised in a neighborhood in the middle of a forest. He’s the youngest of two siblings, with a mother who works as a teacher and a father who’s a retired civil servant in forestry (dinas kehutanan). His parents’ decent jobs contributed to fairly good literacy in his family compared to others in his village. Young Dicky was someone who liked to play on the computer. He put his interest in PC gaming and sometimes tinkered with his laptop. Even when Dicky was in high school, he did a favor for his headmaster by trou...