Pros
[Research Assistant for Faculty Projects - Software Engineering Major]
(1) Exceptional opportunity to build solutions actively used by government agencies, such as Dinas Perumahan and BPBD.
(2) Worked directly under faculty research grants, leading to high-level recognition including 2nd Place in the 2025 Bandung Bedas Innovation Competition (KIBB).
(3) Developed adaptability in selecting technologies based on partner infrastructure, such as utilizing Laravel 12 for seamless deployment on legacy servers.
Cons
[Research Assistant for Faculty Projects - Software Engineering Major]
(1) Extremely tight timelines; architecting and delivering a complex full-stack application within a single month was mentally and physically draining.
(2) Significant lack of proficient technical personnel; the burden of product development—especially for game engineering—often fell entirely on one person while others focused on administration.
(3) Mandatory use of specific frameworks sometimes hindered development efficiency that could have been optimized with more modern alternatives like Next.js.