Patricia Booth's Blog

You’re working on your master’s, right? I had a coffee chat with another OSU Post-Bacc student and found one thing that we agreed on. Doing a second bachelor’s degree is not only unusual, but everyone in your relationship circle is convinced you are working on your master’s degree. A few years ago, I was researching…

Career Thoughts In honor of Mother’s Day, I would like to share one of my favorite stories of my mom. My mom had recently migrated to the United States and was looking for a job. She wanted to work at Dunkin’ Donuts. She called about her application and was told, “We do not currently have…

Career Thoughts During a virtual coffee chat, I met my name twin. Her name was Pratiksha and I was Patricia. We were doing an icebreaker and would respond at the same time when being called. We both laughed at the coincidence of the situation. In some ways, our name influences who we are. Having a…

Career Thoughts As a woman in STEM, I hope someday that teaching about imposter syndrome is included in high school curriculums. By all accounts, I was doing well in my courses. Computers were interesting to me and absorbed my childhood. In my school, I even received a technology recognition award regarding my contribution in improving…

Career Thoughts Last Friday, I was surprised with a relatively empty work email queue and no Teams chat messages. This is odd as I collaborate with a worldwide team based in Asia and Europe. I found out some teams get a company holiday known as Good Friday while the US team does not. It made…

New Hire Request In my role, I am one of the first people notified by Human Resources that a new hire is joining the company. It presents more work for me as I need to create their IT accounts and setup their computer. However, for some reason, this is one of the parts I enjoy…

Career Thoughts I have learned a different angle of problem solving while working an IT support role. It is easy to invest a large portion of ones time going into a rabbit hole of Google and endless discussion forums to find that one small trick that will resolve the issue. However, from an end user…

My Journey My interest in computers began in the early 2000s when the internet was experimental in nature. I remember that almost any website had a way to customize your profile page with a bit of HTML and CSS. I did not think much of it and went ahead with my life until I was…