
Lessons from My Internship
What my OJT as an Artificial Intelligence Intern at Crawlers taught me about communicating at work, raising concerns, working with the CEO, and why no developer is an island.

Kurt Axcel Peñano
AWS SkillBuilder Co-Lead @ AWS SBG - Spade | Former AI Intern @ Crawlers | 3x TESDA Certified Student Developer | Cloud & AI
Student builder and cloud enthusiast from the Philippines. I write about tech communities, events, and what I learn while building in public — always in simple terms.

What my OJT as an Artificial Intelligence Intern at Crawlers taught me about communicating at work, raising concerns, working with the CEO, and why no developer is an island.

Kuya Danilo sponsored my ticket to the App Builders PH Show & Tell at Huawei HQ in BGC, Taguig.

My day co-facilitating Track A at Asia Pacific College—helping attendees build their own real-time AI voice agents with the Agora RTC SDK.

Celebrating the official launch of the AWS Student Builder Group – Adamson University at Adamson, Manila, and one question from the day that stuck with me: do you need to be ready, or just willing to start?

A recap of my experience attending the AppBuildersPH Meetup: Shipathon Edition, meeting fellow builders, and hearing inspiring talks.

One week. Three strangers turned teammates. Zero mobile dev experience. One mission: protect every Filipino from online scams.

4 courses. 1 assessment. 9 hours. The final piece of the cloud foundations puzzle is officially in place!