Hoping to become the best
Steven Heidel is trying to become the best in the world.
The 20-year-old, computer science major at the University of Saskatchewan leaves for London, England at the end of the month to compete in the World Skills Competition. Once there he will compete from Oct. 5 to 8 in the Information Technology Solutions for Business category – it is one of many trades people will compete in including everything from construction to hairdressing.
He described his trade as “designing applications for businesses using the Microsoft office tools.”
“We have four days and they give us a case study of a particular business that has a need of a some sort of system, whether it be a billing system, an accounting system, a tracking system for employees or what have you, and we develop something to fulfill that need,” he said.