{"id":1,"date":"2024-09-30T20:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/alexiscapstone\/?p=1"},"modified":"2024-10-01T04:23:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T04:23:34","slug":"blog-post-one-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/alexiscapstone\/2024\/09\/30\/blog-post-one-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone!<\/p>\n<p>My name is Alexis Collins, and six months ago I made the move from Newport to Oregon City for a technical internship with Portland General Electric, which wrapped up back in mid-September. While I don\u2019t have kids, my boyfriend, sister, her boyfriend, and I have become co-parents to a rescue bearded dragon we found outside our house about two months ago. She\u2019s quickly become a beloved part of our little fam. :&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p>A few things I love to do in my spare time include making music (I sing and play guitar), playing chess, hiking, and binge-watching movies and shows. I\u2019m always on the lookout for new recommendations, so if you have any good ones, send them my way!<\/p>\n<p>What drew me to pursue a degree in Computer Science was its flexibility and how the field is constantly evolving. I\u2019m fascinated by the range of possibilities within tech, and I also love the idea of remote work being the norm (although I know the industry is leaning back toward in-person). One project that really caught my eye is the &#8220;Engineering Simulations with Game Development Tools&#8221; project. I\u2019ve always wanted to learn more about game development and think this would be an amazing opportunity to expand my knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m really looking forward to the next few terms and getting to work on some exciting projects with all of you!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6\" style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/8198\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_6899-2-286x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/8198\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_6899-2-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/8198\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_6899-2-975x1024.jpg 975w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/8198\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_6899-2-768x806.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/8198\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_6899-2-1200x1260.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/8198\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_6899-2.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pancake pancakin&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone! My name is Alexis Collins, and six months ago I made the move from Newport to Oregon City for a technical internship with Portland General Electric, which wrapped up back in mid-September. While I don\u2019t have kids, my boyfriend, sister, her boyfriend, and I have become co-parents to a rescue bearded dragon we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14587,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-introduction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/alexiscapstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/alexiscapstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/alexiscapstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/alexiscapstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14587"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/alexiscapstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/alexiscapstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/alexiscapstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/alexiscapstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/alexiscapstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/alexiscapstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}