Well, I’d like to think I’m progressing at a pretty good rate on the learning curve. I actually feel like I’m more of a help and less an interruption. While you may be able to learn a lot in four or five weeks on a job, it takes time to feel and be productive. Then… Read the full article…
During my internship at Wayfair, I gained a completely different perspective on the functionalities within an organization. I learnt about personalizing recommendations for customers who view your websites, keeping in mind their likes and dislikes and a myriad of other factors such as age, gender and demographics. I have always enjoyed shopping online, but the… Read the full article…
Its hard to believe that in just a couple short weeks my internship at the Cincinnati Museum Center will be coming to an end. In the time since my last post, I’ve been splitting my time between the project I described in that previous post and a new one. For this new project, I’ve been… Read the full article…
When I first arrived at the Federal Reserve, my manager and team members wanted to know what I was interested in, and how this internship could help me learn. After trying out a few different small tasks, I chose to help with the firewall. Before this job, I had a basic understanding of how firewalls… Read the full article…
My job as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon certainly comes with many challenges along the way. This only makes celebrating successes so much more significant. One of the most exhilarating experiences I can think of on the job is finally unblocking yourself after long hours of working on a bug. It makes me proud… Read the full article…
When we think about innovation, competition, and consumer protection we need to understand that there is no perfect solution. There might be situations where innovation is best achieved by a few large entities. Alternatively a large number of smaller competitors may provide options to consumers. In the past, deciding on this was not as difficult… Read the full article…
I remember looking out the window as the plane took off and felt this feeling of sadness that slowly transitioned to tears. I tried to cover it up from the passenger next to me but I could tell that she knew. An Emotional Epiphany I was home in New York for less than 24 hours,… Read the full article…
It’s hard to believe we’ve reached the midpoint of my internship with the Community Library of Jamesville & Dewitt already. Things are moving pretty fast. Forward Facing There are a number of technical and processing skills I still need to come up to speed with in order to be of service to patrons. The more time… Read the full article…
The Federal Reserve is an amazing place to work, and everyone on my team is great. But, adjusting to any workplace can be difficult at first. In this post, I will go through three challenges I faced in my internship, but overcame easily by utilizing the resources around me. Internship Challenges and Solutions Challenge: Working with… Read the full article…
It’s hard to believe that half of my time at Slack is over — and with that time spent comes many lessons learned. As the part of the content team I get to work cross-functionally with other marketing teams. We’ve recently launched a new advertising campaign and we’re partnering with Fox Sports on covering this… Read the full article…