Reflection Report: Assistant Software Engineer's Self-Analysis

This reflection report, submitted by a student, provides a self-assessment of their strengths and weaknesses as an assistant software engineer. The report details the student's skills, including patience, teamwork, and focus, while also acknowledging areas for improvement such as time management and presentation skills. The student utilizes self-analysis techniques, including a SWOT analysis and reflective practices, to identify opportunities for professional development. The report highlights the importance of reflective practice, self-awareness, and continuous learning in the software engineering field. The student seeks feedback and suggestions from the HR manager to enhance their skills and achieve their professional goals. The report also references various reflective models and emphasizes the need for ongoing self-assessment for career advancement. The student is keen on developing skills like interpersonal communication and project delivery. The student also focuses on the importance of reflective practices such as journal writing and self-awareness activities to develop different skills.

1/21/2020
Running Head: REFLECTION 0
Reflection
Report
Student name

REFLECTION 1
To HR Manager,
ABC InfoTech,
I want to share the strengths and weaknesses of me, which has identified by me using self-
analysis. I am requesting you to analyze them and suggest some suggestions to improve my
skills. It will be beneficial for my personal and professional development.
I am working as an assistant software engineer in a well-known company, which has
provided software and maintenance of different types of IT-systems. It is a good position is a
company. I used my skills and knowledge to manage my various works in the workplace. the
main work of this position is the development of software modules, which is a huge process. I
learned about the new technological innovations in my job, as I am certified by various
courses, which are good for a person, such as Oracle certification, cybersecurity certification,
and many more. It is a basic need for a software engineer to develop new processes.
Strengths Weakness
 High level of patience
 Better teamwork
 Focus on a problem-solving
approach
 Work as a leader
 Effective communication skills
 Self-awareness
 Lack of time management
 Feel fear from challenges
Opportunities Threats
 New projects
 New culture
 Professional development
 lack of project delivery
 lack of presentation skills
 lack of inter-personal skill
Moreover, I have developed new skills in my workplace to make my work smooth, such as
leadership, honesty, teamwork, patience, focus, and self-awareness. In addition, reflection is a
necessity for learning in professional development (Bassot, 2016). I have many strengths in
me, which are helping in my work. I learned a lot from my experience in this profession. I
learned many things from my professional life, which is helpful in my personal life as well,
such as teamwork, patience, and focus.

REFLECTION 2
I used reflective activities for self-awareness, such as the Johari Window activity in which I
have identified my unknown skills from various places. Most of the strengths are necessary
for this professional, as teamwork is a basic need to resolve technical issues in a module.
Became an assistant software engineer, I willing to provide better outcomes in less time.
Thus, time management is necessary to complete the tasks in a given time. According to
many surveys, professional development has related to reflective practices (Bolton, 2010).
Furthermore, reflective practice is helpful in the analysis of skills and the development of
skills as well. It can provide help for the improvement and development of skills (Fook,
2010). moreover, I learned that become a reflective practitioner, I have developed many skills
in me, which are helping in my work. Besides, there is a various reflective model to develop
new skills, such as Kolb’s, Gibb’s and many more. Thus, a person should always a reflective
practitioner in a personal and professional career (Johns, 2017).
In addition, self-awareness is necessary to identify the strength and weaknesses of a person,
which is helpful in the development of other skills (Lawrence-Wilkes & Ashmore, 2014).
Professional development is necessary for a good career in the field of any industry. In the
case of the software development sector. It is necessary to learn from our mistakes. The
reflective cycle can be used for developing different skills (Moon, 2006). I learned many
new things in this field, which are important for my professional development, such as agile
technologies, and online services. It provides confidence to take challenges in this field. My
senior manager is supporting me for my better works. It is a good thing to develop new skills
as well as professional development.
Moreover, I want to work as a professional project developer in the software industry. Thus,
it is necessary to develop new skills into me, which will provide help to reduce my
weaknesses. Moreover, I want some self-awareness activities to develop different skills, such
as time management, interpersonal communication, and many others. Reflective practices are
helping me in the development of new skills, such as blogs, journal writing, and many others
(Royds, 2010).
Furthermore, there are many things to manage in personal and professional life, which can be
used for the improvement of our professional skills. In addition, self-awareness is a basic
process to develop our career. I have joined different types of cybersecurity and other courses
to develop my knowledge to survive in this field, as technologies have changes in most of the
decades. However, many persons have improved their knowledge of their professional

REFLECTION 3
development. I have to learn about new software and technologies to improve my knowledge.
I have provided my strengths and weaknesses using SWOT analyses. Thus, please consider
my request and suggest some good opinion about me.
Yours sincerely
Adam
Assistant software engineer

REFLECTION 4
References
Bassot, B., 2016. The reflective journal. 1st ed. s.l.: Macmillan International Higher
Education.
Bolton, G., 2010. Reflective practice: Writing and professional development. 1 ed. London:
Sage publications.
Fook, J., 2010. Beyond reflective practice: reworking the “critical” in critical reflection.
Beyond reflective practice: New approaches to professional lifelong learning, pp. 37-51.
Johns, C., 2017. Becoming a reflective practitioner. 5th ed. London: John Wiley & Sons.
Lawrence-Wilkes, L. & Ashmore, L., 2014. Reflective Practitioner. In: The Reflective
Practitioner inProfessional Education. London: Palgrave Pivot.
Moon, J. A., 2006. Learning journals: A handbook for reflective practice and professional
development. s.l.:Routledge.
Royds, K., 2010. Using reflective practice to learn from good and bad experiences. , 13(5)..
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