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🌟 Gerard’s Blog 🌟

Welcome to my diary about my amazing work experience week at Red Hat! 🚀 Here I will document all my daily experiences and learnings.

📅 Week Summary

| Day | Date | Repository Link | |:—:|:—:|:—| | 🗓️ 1 | 09/03/2026 | 🔗 My GitHub Blog | | 🗓️ 2 | 10/03/2026 | 🔗 My GitHub Blog | | 🗓️ 3 | 11/03/2026 | 🔗 My GitHub Blog | | 🗓️ 4 | 12/03/2026 | 🔗 My GitHub Blog | | 🗓️ 5 | 13/03/2026 | 🔗 My GitHub Blog |

🔴 Monday (09/03/2026): Welcome to Red Hat!

On Monday, I arrived at Red Hat, signed in, and gathered with the other Transition Year (TY) students. We started the day with icebreaker games, such as guessing a celebrity taped to our backs, to get to know each other better. We were then given a tour of the office facilities, including the canteen and the games area. During our break, I played pool, Mario Kart, and Nintendo Switch games. In the afternoon, we had a presentation on the Agile and Scrum methodologies, learning how to spot problems, adapt, and work effectively in teams. We put this into practice by working in groups to design and build themed Mr. Potato Heads to meet a customer’s changing needs. We finished the day by getting our laptops set up and creating our GitHub accounts.

💻 Tuesday (10/03/2026): Time to Code!

We started Tuesday with our first daily “stand-up” meeting to discuss our progress and our plans for the day. We then had a workshop on Git and GitHub, where we learned how to use repositories, make commits, and write our daily blogs. After that, we were introduced to coding using Python and the Bash terminal. We used our new Python skills to program a Rock, Paper, Scissors game. After lunch, we tackled a cybersecurity activity called “Crack a million passwords,” where we learned how passwords are encrypted into hashes and subsequently cracked. To end the day, we listened to talks from staff and interns about college life, student experiences, and the importance of getting more women into the tech industry.

🎢 Wednesday (11/03/2026): Engineering Day

After our daily stand-up and updating our blogs, we listened to an interesting presentation on the history of computing, cloud servers, and the evolution of the web. The rest of the day was heavily focused on engineering and teamwork. First, we participated in a challenge to build the tallest possible structure using only dry spaghetti, string, tape, and a marshmallow on top. After our lunch break and some more pool, we spent two hours working in teams to build a working rollercoaster out of paper straws, cups, and tape, which had to successfully guide a ball through a 360-degree loop.

🤖 Thursday (12/03/2026): Artificial Intelligence & Sustainability

Thursday began with our stand-up meeting and a free office breakfast buffet. The theme for the day was Artificial Intelligence, where we learned about Generative AI, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning. We also got to use AI platforms like InstructLab and NotebookLM, feeding them information and prompts to teach the AI about specific topics so it could answer related questions. In the afternoon, we paired up for a sustainability project, using AI tools to research and design presentations on rain gardens. We concluded the day with a Zoom call from Paulo in Italy, who showed us how Red Hat’s telemetry software is used to analyze live data like speed and engine temperature from Formula 1 racing games.

🏎️ Friday (13/03/2026): Robotics & Racing

On our final day, we held our stand-up meeting in the canteen before heading into a robotics workshop. Working in small groups, we used Microsoft MakeCode to program Micro:bits, setting them up as senders and receivers to control robotic cars. We enjoyed a pizza party for lunch. After lunch, we participated in a retrospective session, categorizing our feedback into what we should start, stop, and continue doing to help Red Hat improve the TY program for the future. To end the week, we raced our programmed robotic cars around an obstacle track against the other teams.