21923 - SCTE Broadband Aug2023 COMPLETE v1 (1)

31 Vol. 45 No. 3 - September 2023 Issue from the industry In terms of more the actual training you received, which courses did you do? Did you do actual training courses with us? I did a course on becoming a fibre technician and at that time, even for Western Europe, fibre was still a a new technology. And then I did a series of trainings more on HFC on RF side, which got you qualified to work on a network. The first one was basic RF technician training, then it was troubleshooting the network. And the third one was network planning. Basically over these three courses, I learned everything about how HFC network works. How did that complement what you’d already learned at university? I just finished my bachelor’s degree in our faculty of electrical engineering. But in faculty it is a very generalised sort of learning. And then at IPKO, I was working in a specific field - the SCTE training I received focused on specific issues that we were dealing with on a daily basis. It was also important because we felt that outside of Kosovo, when visiting ANGA for example, that training really helped, thanks to the SCTE. You feel that you belong. Because even though you come from a Balkan country, a region in development phase, you don’t feel that you are far behind in terms of knowledge, in terms of what you’re doing. Obviously a great leveller then. Working in the industry, receiving such training, meeting influential people increasingly gives you confidence. And obviously the confidence that I got from industry and trainings and meeting people, they prepared me to apply for my PhD, to be prepared for the interviews, to act with confidence, to know what you want. I don’t think I would have able to do what I did in academia without access to the industry and without having the opportunity to meet people from the SCTE. A big part of who I am is down to the SCTE. Join us today!