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Now that you have learned and practiced different skills based on a professional environment, for this project, I would like to ask you to talk about your profession, goals and key results. Remember to use the structures you have acquired throughout this course.

Download the worksheet. Take the necessary time to complete each of the sections. When it’s done, share it with the community in the comments section.

Hablar sobre Profesión, Metas y Resultados Clave en Inglés

Curso de Inglés Intermedio Alto B2: Pasado Perfecto y Frases Adverbiales

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Ipsen Uzcategui

Hace 4 años

I work as a telecommunications enginneer and i'm starting to take the first steps in my professional career wich is something i'm really excited about. I had always been interested in english, but it wasn't until i entered college that I certainly realized how important english is, so I began to study it in a deeper and more serious way, at the age of 18 or so. I understood that english could be the quality leap I was looking for, so I decided to take the plunge and here I am. Of course, I would've rather gotten started on english erlier than I actually did, provided that the younger you are the more likely you are to learn a language properly and have a more native accent. There is no time to regreat so having decided to learn english I immediately started doing courses and searching for more and more information on different websites. As nobody at home speaks english, when I started to learn seriously I was able to determine that I would need to figure out how to practice with myself, so I put my mind to it and suddenly, i began talking to myself in the mirror as if there were somebody else with me, and that really worked for me and helpped me a lot.

Ronald Gutiérrez

Hace un año

Diego Mauricio Zuluaga Rodríguez

Hace un mes

What's your profession? Describe it as detailed as possible.

I am an economist, and having been educated at the Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito, I hold a Master's degree in Development and Integral Project Management from the same institution. Briefly following when I graduated, I completed a Master of Entrepreneurship with the Instituto de Pensamiento Positivo in Spain. Professionally, my work is focused on social project management and data analysis, aiming to make these initiatives highly effective.

2. What are your main duties and priorities at work?

At work, my main duties involve project management, tracking and controlling project resources using KPIs, and conducting data analysis with Python, SQL, Power BI, and nowadays AI. These resources need monitoring continuously so as to ensure the project's success. Furthermore, I have had teams under my charge, and I must organize and lead them. When delegating tasks, I prefer to explain how they are going to be helping with the project to keep a collaborative environment. As long as we keep our efforts perfectly aligned, we meet our objectives by the agreed deadlines.

3. Have you had a challenging situation at work? If so, what was it and how did you handle it?

The most challenging situation I faced was at Ecopetrol while tracking a Machine Learning tool called Prodigio, which had been programmed in Python. The application needed updating and sustainability, but it had a highly complex code using CI/CD with Azure DevOps and REDIS. Given that I did not understand these technologies, and seeing that I needed this job to pay off a 30-million ICETEX debt, I acted as though I knew all about software development from the very beginning. I had to study exceptionally hard on Platzi to learn Azure DevOps, deployment, and AI programming. I even coded with the help of Google's Antigravity because it was the free IDE with the most tokens. I managed to keep the job for 10 months and pay the debt. However, the more I pretended, the worse my impostor syndrome became. Ultimately, I had a depression and anxiety crisis; I had to be medicated by a psychiatrist and attend weekly psychological sessions. Although I achieved the goal of keeping a job I wasn't prepared for, I am currently unemployed and dealing with a mixed anxiety and depressive disorder. I would rather have learned the right skills beforehand than unintentionally hurt my mental health.

4. What are the goals and key results you are aiming to achieve for the next quarter? How do you plan to achieve them?

Currently, I am studying databases, SQL, Power BI, and data science on Platzi, learning models like Random Forest. It is time to obtain my PMP certification, so I will start the preparation course on October 19th. By February 2027, I will have achieved this certification. My main goal for the next quarter is to secure a stable job as a data analyst with an indefinite contract. I would rather find a role where I actually understand what to do, so as not to pretend I know things I haven't learned. In light of my recent studies, I am confident I can apply everything I have learned on Platzi and during my PMP preparation to ensure the successful execution of my future tasks.

Santiago Tellez Hernandez

What's your profession? Describe it as detailed as possible. I'm an Electrical engineer who graduated from La Salle University. I design electrical networks for different kinds levels of voltage and depending on the level, the necessities can be different.
What are your main duties and priorities at work? My main duties at my job are the analysis and design of the protection and control schemes for substations of high and extra-high voltage levels. Besides, I had participated in the replacement of different switchyard equipment.
Have you had a challenging situation at work? If so, what was it and how did you handle it? I had to deal with a co-worker who disagree with some markups that I have made related to one of those replacements. He was starting to get angry and yelling at me as if was my fault, I told him to calm down and call the QA/QC, so we could explain better to him what did we do. After having explained to him, he understood and we solved the miss understanding.
What are the goals and key results you are aiming to achieve for the next quarter? How do you plan to achieve them? My personal goals for the next quarter are:

Improve my knowledge related to teleprotection schemes.
Talk to my boss to create a new branch within the area.
Start to study more about electronics to change my current position, looking to apply to a different company that designs electronic products. I will study more about those topics & technologies, so once I had finished with the first goal I could start to create a new branch within the company. Afterward, I'm going to start to apply to new companies in order to make the pivot that I want.

Cole McCannon

Profesor

Hello Ivan! This is a very impressive summary! Sounds like you're doing some amazing things. Your English is nearly perfect. Only comment is that in number 2 you should say "Also, I have participated in...." rather than "Besides, I had participated in...". Also, misunderstanding is just one word.

Best of luck with reaching all of your goals this year and keep up the amazing work!

I am a system engineer by profession, although at the moment I am not working directly in this field. A system engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining complex systems that integrate hardware, software, networks, and processes. The role often requires analyzing user needs, planning technical solutions, and ensuring that all components of a system work together efficiently.

What are your main duties and priorities at work?

My main duties in customer service include assisting clients with their inquiries, resolving issues, and ensuring they have a positive experience with the company. I handle requests through different channels, provide accurate information, and follow up to make sure problems are solved.

Have you had a challenging situation at work? If so, what was it and how did you handle it?

Yes, I have faced challenging situations in customer service. For example, there was a time when a customer was very upset because their issue had not been solved after several attempts.

My task was to calm the situation and make sure the customer felt heard while also finding a quick solution.

I actively listened to their concerns, apologized for the inconvenience, and reassured them that I would take ownership of the case. I investigated the problem thoroughly, coordinated with the technical team, and kept the customer updated throughout the process.

As a result, the issue was resolved successfully, and the customer appreciated the follow-up and personal attention. This experience taught me the importance of patience, empathy, and clear communication when handling difficult situations.

What are the goals and key results you are aiming to achieve for the next quarter? How do you plan to achieve them?

For the next quarter, my main goals are to improve customer satisfaction, increase efficiency in handling cases, and strengthen my professional skills. A key result I am aiming for is to reduce response times and resolve customer issues more quickly, so clients feel supported. Another result is to contribute to higher customer satisfaction scores by providing empathetic and effective service.

To achieve these goals, I plan to focus on better time management, using available tools more effectively, and continuously learning from customer feedback. I also intend to collaborate closely with my team, share best practices, and participate in any training sessions that can enhance my communication and problem-solving skills.

mariajosecharris11

Hace 2 años

Youth Advisor of the Cambio Radical Party for the town of Norte Centro Histórico (2022-2026). In 2022, I was part of the Women's Commission in the Barranquilla Council, being chosen among the 7 women who would represent female power in my case from the youth in the city. CEO-FOUNDER of the NGO "Milagros" created on March 16, 2022 with the social purpose of transforming the lives of children and young people in order to help others to turn them into a miracle, based on SDG 11. V semester student of Political Science at the Universidad del Norte, being a distinguished student winning the recognition of "Leadership Multipliers 2023" for the best academic average and also receiving recognition from the Mayor's Office of Barranquilla as "social leadership with youth impact". Scholarship holder within the "Innovation for Development" foundation of President Ivan Duque in the "Dreamers and Makers" program, a youth leadership accelerator. for 150 young people from the country from 85 municipalities. Researcher at the IDEPI institute (Institute for Political and Institutional Development of the Caribbean) since 2022, she has developed analytical work on the internationalization of the capital cities of the Colombian Caribbean, trained in diplomas such as: Leadership School executed by the University of the North in agreement with the Mayor's Office of Barranquilla, diploma in Governance and Social Entrepreneurship by the American University and the Cambio Radical Party and diploma in Public Administration from ESAP.

Paula Useche

Hace 3 años

What’s your profession? Describe it as detailed as possible

I’m a mechatronic engineer with a master’s degree in mechatronic engineering. This profession is focused on the design, development and management of technology, and it can be applied in different fields of the actual business environment. For example, a mechatronic engineer is able to design, build and control robots or automation systems in big industries so as to improve their production chain and make it faster and more precise. Also, we can enhance an actual technologic system of a company and create new mechatronic tools in order to handle that tasks that can’t be done by humans due to the big effort needed on them, the high risk of injury or death, or the boredom from repetitive tasks. We can do these kind of tasks because the profession teach us how to create an electronic circuit, how to develop a computer programming that controls the electronic system, and how to make a mechanical robot, with motors, sensors and more, where the electronic and programming system controls it movements and gives it some kind of intelligence, allowing it to make decisions and fulfill its tasks.

In my last job, I developed virtual and face-to-face courses about programming and robotics for children, young people and adults. I was the company’s technology expert, I was in charge of using the programming cards and their technological accessories used for all kind of company’s business contracts. I also carried out all kind of creative and useful technological projects using these tools, for a wide variety of everyday and country problems, in that way, the students could learn how to use the technology in their lives, in order to solve all kind of problems and apply their projects in real life situations. Finally, I trained a large group of trainers as well, both pedagogically and technologically, so in that way, the could train teachers and students throughout Colombia.

When we made workshops with adults or children, we always had to fix and handle any unexpected situation, specially lack of time to complete the activities or project malfunctions. In that way, we had to think fast and propose solutions like put together different parts of the project made by different groups, help them with the mechanical and programming aspects, and sometimes, we had to do a quick identification of the fault to solve it with what we had at hand.

I want to focus more on programming and project development than on the pedagogical field, and to achieve it I’m studying currently required programming tools such as JavaScript, Python, some frameworks like Angular, and so on. My goal is to work developing code, applying all the knowledge that I’ve obtained in my work experience.

Juliana Berdugo

What’s your profession? Describe it as detailed as possible. I´m a professional music teacher. So, I´m both musician and teacher. I work building solid music bases from fun, games, and working with others. I also work as a Particular piano and guitar instructor. Back in the University I took a second emphasis in Classical singing, so I am a performer as well.
What are your main duties and priorities at work? At the moment, I´m working for a prominent music academy, as a piano and voice instructor. So, my main duties are, to name a few are:
• Structure trimestral personalized piano pensums for my students, considering their particular preferences and goals. • Manage their weekly lessons. • Arrive on time and with excellent personal presentation to the student place. • Give a structured feedback and assign proper repertoire. • Keep my students calendar updated.
Have you had a challenging situation at work? If so, what was it and how did you handle it? Working with kids and young people can be challenging from the beginning, but when you love what you do, you can transform your reality. Or that´s my personal opinion. I´ve been in several scenarios where I’ve been challenge, you know, working with kids is not an easy ride. But I remember a specific student which I used to have recurrent conflict. She used to have a really awful energy towards me, no homework’s were ever completed, and her attitude was rude from the begging to the end of the class, no games or negotiations can be made with her. I clearly can´t understand the source of her anger, or her antipathy. So, I decided to involve her parents into the class, so she can express her self more freely, or at least her parents can guide me through her. At first there was a little bit of resistance, but eventually she became more and more comfortable with me alone, and also with the instrument.
What are the goals and key results you are aiming to achieve for the next quarter? How do you plan to achieve them?

I have lots of plans in my mind, for my next quarter I’m going to: • Re-open my Ig account, so I can re-build my personal brand, as a performer and vocal coach. • Re-brand my tik-tok vocal coach account, and content. • Record all the piano pieces and vocal songs that I lost with my old Ig account. • Attract new clients to my vocal and musical coach business.
• Crate my own piano method. • Educate myself in vocal pedagogy with the books I already have.

CARLOS ACOSTA

My profesión

It is quite difficult to say my profession because I don’t know exactly, anyway, I have a degree in electrical engineering, and a Master degree in business management, however since 2020 after COVID I decided to undertake a different path. I closed my own company (electrical service) and I decided to search some ways to work in the internet so as to become a digital nomad.

I discovered bitcoin in 2018, since then I would like to share my thoughts and my learning in this topic through a Youtube channel. I started to create content and convey to my audience and I thing I am a content creator in these days.

As content creator I am really interested in power my skills so as to become a storyteller, that’s why I want to learn more and more about data management and analytics, and of course, improve my English skills.

As a content creator I have to create one video streaming per day, share at least five twits. Staying constant is key so as to approach me these goals. Every day I have to start searching some news, updating bitcoin price, and to see how my previous analysis went on. Besides that, I try to create a digital course about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies so as to normal people can get the idea behind this technology.

Every time I have to face difficulties in my job because, and I think the most is when I have some accumulate things to do, or some very interesting new happen and I haven’t enough time to share with my audience. It is so frustrated sometimes because it takes me hours so as to do one 10 minutes video.

Due this, I understand that I have to professionalise my job, first this started as a hobby but now I want to do seriously.

One of the most important thing I must to do is become fluently in English, I have applied for a volunteer rol in the UK, I think to do that for three months meanwhile I reach my minimum qualification.

The next quarter I have to increase my audience in 30% and the revenues as well. The next stage in my profession in a medium term will be to reach a million of subscribers.

So as to complete fundamental skills in Data Analytics courses at Platzi I must study at least one hour per day, I will finish a Python course and of course continue preparing my English skills.

Sergio Cabarcos

I´m a postman.

I´m the final block of the postal chain and it´s my responsibility to take the product till his owner.

We start working everyday at 7:30 AM and we take care of the products that arrives to the office; letters, bills, and packages.

First of all we must separate it in neighborhoods, every poblation it´s divided in neighborhoods and every postman it´s in care of one of them.

Then every postman has to prepare his daywork, clasifying his letters and his prioritaries products ( packages and notifications) in a route that makes be able him to deliver everything.

There are different kind of postmans, the one who works walking, the one who works in motorbike, and the one who works deliver big packages in a van.

When we are in the neighbourhood, we walk all around building by building putting the letters in the mailboxes and calling to the houses of the neighbours we need his signature to deliver a priority product.

We work the priority products with a PDA so as have a control about them.

At the end of the day we send the priority products we couldn´t deliver to the post office where the customer will take the product during the next days.

Nicolás Calderón

Hace 2 meses

Carlos Alberto De La Cruz Rayme

Hace 6 meses

1. What's your profession? Describe it as detailed as possible.

I have been studying economics and finance, but I work as a Data Analytics assistant. I work at a Real Estate Consulting firm. My firm is working on many projects with many firms. We usually offer a lot of ad hoc services for every firm, but all projects are related to data.

My main duties are: creating monthly market research reports (to help real estate companies analyze potential land for purchase), I do part of the valuation of financial assets related to real estate investment funds, and I also handle making presentations for the board of directors.

ARMANDO DE LA FUENTE TREVINO

Hace 7 meses

I have always worked in call centers. Most of the them have been related to Tourism. At he begining of my career I earned leadership positions and gain a lot of knowledge. The problem about working for American companies in Mexico is that you can get fired at anytime for no reason related to my performance. The lack of continuaty affects every employee. You do your best for many years and all of the sudden you get fired.

Orlando Galdamez Guevara

Hace 9 meses•editado

1. What's your profession?

I'm a manager at a motorcycle dealership. I've worked for this company since 2018, when I started studying at the University.

One of my main responsibilities is to develop and submit reports monthly to be analyzed by management. I'm responsible for ensuring employees comply with the established procedures.

My main duty at work is to maintain the company’s profitability by developing strategies to boost our market presence and enhance our services.

Reaching a work-life balance for our employees is one of my priorities since I'm aware of the company’s responsibility to provide the right environment with the necessary tools.

Yes, I have. I had to face a major challenge after I finished high school. I needed to get a job because I had to pay for everything, so I started working every day. Two years later, I decided to enroll in university in order to apply for a better position. At that time, managing my time was difficult because I had to find a balance between work, study, and personal life.

For the next quarter, I am aiming to speak English fluently; this goal has helped me stay focused on my priorities.

By reaching the level I want, I have developed a structured plan where I stick to my routine, considering that it is more effective.

Alejandro Suarez Barrero

Hace 10 meses

Im an adolescent with a youtube channel about football, I want to be a periodist and comment about football games, and Im preparing every day to conquer the objective

Angela María Montañés Silva

I'm a doctor specialized in Health Services Managment with 25 years of experience. I work for an insurance company.

My biggest role is to bridge the critical gap between clinical medicine and the financial/administrative aspects of healthcare. My role demands efficiency in research, analysis, and strategic communication.

JUAN SEBASTIAN BECERRA BEDOYA

I'm an economist. I received my degree five months ago and I enjoyed it. It is key to earning a scholarship abroad, so as soon as I get a high score in the IELTS or TOEFL, I will send my application to a foreign university.

I am going to study English on a course launched by my city to promote bilingualism and fluency in English, which will give me better opportunities.

Carlos Manosalva R.

1. What’s your profesión? Describe it as detailed as posible .

I’m a Software developer , my Word thougth is created systems can be doing better and easier the life of the different profesionals that use it, for this must be know different things like patterns or system structures for webs or applications doing task and process that not need all attention of the people.

The principle responsabilities are comunícate with client for enhance the result have meeting to resolve problems to logistic and the more important design, develop and deploy the software solutions.

I had one , I Was worked as software advisor and I was in charge of a team with can’t be achieved the goal planned in strated of Project but can be work with it for have the better result posible.

4. What are the goals and key results you are aiming to achieve for the next quarter? How do you plan to acieve them?

My goals for the next quarter are to enhance my English and strengthen my knowledge of the roadmap as a software developer with topics such as Docker and infrastructure.

Juan Esteban León Venegas

My profession is photography, which I’ve been practicing since around 2017. It requires a lot of money because the gear isn’t cheap. However, if you’re good enough, the payment can be quite rewarding. I feel it’s very close to me, since even as a child I always carried a camera. Taking countless pictures has given me strong visual skills. The more I practice, the more confident I feel about my work. Although I’m not currently making a living from it, I’m still in love with the profession. I would have rather preferred to start an agency years ago so that I could have gained more experience.
So as to answer the question, I recalled my previous job. The more effort I put into it, the less I felt rewarded. It was a customer service position. My main duties were to assist many customers with their daily issues. Luckily, I decided to leave before the situation became unbearable.
The most challenging job for me was in 2022, when I had to speak with foreigners while I was still learning the language. Many times I had to guess the correct words. It was worth challenging myself, and I learned a lot.
I will be learning and improving my english level, since I'm looking for acertification. On the one hand, I also want to learn Portuguese; on the other hand, I’m looking for a new job that will let me study and buy some photography gear

Andrés Llerena

1. What’s your profession? Describe it as detailed as possible. I don not have a profession yet.

2. What are your main duties and priorities at work? I don’t work.

3. Have you had a challenging situation at work? If so, what was it and how did you handle it? I don’t work.

The goals I plan to achieve are to finish the last English level, C2, and going to the Canada to work there.

Valentina Herrera Gómez

I'm a recently graduated lawyer, who has build it's academic career arround human ritght's, business and environment, so as to help to build a sustainable future.

I'm currently jobless. I had participated on the legal clinic of my univerity and my current duties are to coordinare it. But, my priority is to study for the IETLS. I would rather focus on preparing the exam for a few weeks, than taking the exam blindly.

I used to work as an research assistant for a couple of months, and my biggest challenge was to find legal rulings of hydrocarbons. There was so much too read and so little time i barely slept that week. I tried my best to summarize the key ideas in each document and was able to finish the job on time.

I'm focusing on presenting the IETLS and have ready all my documentation to apply to Master's in universities abroad. I have selected the programs, so I can hace my papers in order for each one and i'm studying as har is i can. The aplications star in september.

Hablar sobre Profesión, Metas y Resultados Clave en Inglés

Progreso del curso

Introduction

Using Commands and Expressing Needs

Analytical Language and Passive Voice

New Expressions for Priorities and Tasks

Conclusion