Jessa Steele Interns at Zoot Enterprises

Jessa Steele, now a Sophomore in computer science and mathematics, worked as an intern at Zoot Enterprises during the Summer of 2021 and her contract was extended into the school year as a remote employee. She worked at Zoot’s main office in Bozeman, MT as part of Zoot’s Microservices department. She and three other interns were assigned to build and work on Data Providers for Zoot’s clients in Zoot’s very own software program, WebRules Builder. These Data Providers took anywhere from 30-200+ hours to develop depending on the size, documentation, and complexity of each individual one. Building these Data Providers required computer science logic that had been developed through courses at Montana Tech, as well as profound communication skills between other interns and co-workers at Zoot. This job sometimes even required communication across different Zoot departments for various reasons. This internship allowed Jessa to take the computer science logic she had learned and use it to learn new software development strategies and expand on her current skill set. It helped her widen her communication skills; she was able to familiarize herself with strategic communication in a professional environment. It was a great learning experience for Jessa, especially coming out of her freshman year, to get first-hand experience, further her skills, and make invaluable memories with other interns that excite her for the future in this field.