University: Peking University
Field of study: Software Engineering
Most interesting achievement: participant in National High-Tech Research and Development Program, internship in Adobe
Favorite developer tools: Eclipse, Star UML
Favorite websites: http://www.engadget.com; http://www.download.oracle.com
’’With the precision of a Chinese specialist, Xi Huang would immediately extract the essence out of complicated things and explain the logic of a process. Also, did you know that the Mandarine language, Xi Huang speaks, has four different sounds for the letter ‘a’? We would laugh and repeat after her a hundred times and still say them wrongly. Hmmm… we might publish a short video, if you want. ’’
This is Xi Huang, in short. But let us meet her better:
Claudia Corches: ’’Xi Xi, I could hardly wait to interview you! And I want to start by asking what is it that you miss the most from China? ’’
Xi Huang: ’’Well, as an epicurean, the thing I miss the most is Chinese food. As you may know, we use many “interesting” ingredients, for example the ginger, which are not common in Germany. But the German food is also very good. You can easily tell from the weight I gained since I came here. ’’
Claudia Corches: ’’You had this amazing will to come and experience the European Continent… and it is not just a way of saying! After bBox during the week, not a single weekend without travelling! What fascinated you? ’’
Xi Huang: ’’Actually I didn’t expect that much before I started to travel. The first thing that fascinated me were the landscapes in Germany and not only. For instance, Brugge, the so-called ‘Venice of the north’, Luzern which is so beautiful for its amazing combined view of lake, mountain and city, Prague which has the impressive castle and the old town, Barcelona, full of incredibly designed buildings, all amazed me… Apart from these, the cultures also interest me a lot since I only learned a little about European history in school. And the most interesting things are the Christian stories which I didn’t know before. ’’
Claudia Corches: ’’From what I see every day, I am absolutely sure that you enjoy the work in the bBox Project just as much as your travelling. So, what does the project represent to you? ’’
Xi Huang: ’’bBox is expected to suggest, and hopefully set, a new way of doing banking software. For me, the project means innovation, an opportunity to be remembered if the project is a success and, also, I strongly value it to be a very important experience of working in an international team. ’’
Claudia Corches: ’’You are a cybernetic specialist in the bBox project, which sure brings with it responsibilities. So, how exactly does the bBox challenge you? ’’
Xi Huang: ’’To be honest, I didn’t know what a cybernetic specialist’s job was before coming here. The only thing I knew was it had something to do with processes. So, apparently, the first challenge for me was to find out what exactly I was supposed to do. As the project proceeded, more challenges came on the way. For example, I didn’t have much knowledge about banking, so I had to learn some banking processes – which are in German! Thanks to my colleagues’ help, I made it and figured out the main elements in the process. But the biggest challenge is to handle the navigation. As you know the banking processes are complicated and confusing, so I have to think up a way to make it easier so that the bankers can have a clear picture of the process. ’’
Claudia Corches: ’’Xi, what exactly from your Project related experience so far do you feel it helped you the most in our work now? ’’
Xi Huang: ’’I think it’s the experience of organizing during my internship in Adobe Systems Incorporated (China), which has focused upon the creation of multimedia and creativity software products. Usually, there are several approaches in one process to “get to the destination”. It needs a structure, otherwise you would get confused by so many branches and details. Without the experience of organizing I wouldn’t be able to figure out how to navigate through the process. ’’
Claudia Corches: ’’You and Delly worked together very closely in the Apple vs. Android competition. Now, you are working an separate things, but still are together in the same office and flat apartment. Beautiful friendship already, right? ’’
Xi Huang: ’’Yep, we have done a lot of things together. We live in the same flat, we share stories when we cook, we take the same tram to go to work, we have most of our trips together... Even you, our colleagues, call us ‘twins’. Actually, it’s really nice to have her as my flatmate. ’’
Claudia Corches: ’’We recently introduced the Programmathon to our blog readers. Still, I think everybody is curious to know what are your focus points at the moment in this intense time of work? ’’
Xi Huang: ’’Now I’m working on the process from Mr. Michael Buchberger –consumer loan process– . First, I need to understand the steps in this process and group them in a logical structure. Then I need to fit them into our prototype without changing the steps. After that, I need to write down the details of using this process for the programmers so that they can understand how the process works in the iPad. And after finishing the cybernetic work, I will join the programmers to implement the images Nair is currently designing. ’’
Claudia Corches: ’’I was very proud to find out that you have experienced Leadership positions in AIESEC PKU. Tell us more! ’’
Xi Huang: ’’Actually, I was working in a branch of AIESEC PKU. My department was big (around 600 students) but located far away from the main campus, so my LC asked me to take charge of promotion and recruiting affairs in my department. Since it was a new ‘market’, there were only 2 persons in the team – my friend and me. So we had to build everything from scratch. After one semester’s promotion, almost everyone knew about AIESEC and more than 20 persons were willing to join us. ’’
Claudia Corches: ’’You were awarded as an outstanding Student of Xiamen University for three years consecutively. And now, you are continuing studies with a Masters Program of Software Engineering in Beijing. What is your aim? ’’
Xi Huang: ’’Process is an interesting subject and I’m getting more interested in it because of this internship. When I go back I might study more about process optimization which is related to my major as well. ’’
Claudia Corches: ’’Good luck, Xi, and thanks very much! ’’
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