This week we set up our workspace to integrate with HP’s workflow. I personally missed the meeting to help my brother out, but the video was recorded. We also finally found out our tasks. The two teams will be working on separate functionalities of the product. My team is in charge of the data flywheel implementation. We have to build API to handle .json files of geometric inputs and outputs to the data base. My personal task is to build and design the front end graphical user interface as a first step then help build the API. Communication seems to be good and steady and I have no complaints about team members. As for the sponsor project I would like to address that we are moving at a very slow pace. It is the start of the 6th week and we have hardly done anything. Writing the assignments out like requirements and problem statement was tough. I had to assume a lot of things. I am curious how far along other groups have gotten. I know some projects are 3 months so id assume they have made a lot of progress. Hopefully the project we create is something unique and useful. This is the longest project I have ever worked on. Maybe slow thoughtful actions and preparation is needed to ensure a high quality useful product. It would be a shame to build something for HP and they don’t end up using it. What I want to know still is if we can consider this as experience on my resume. We are meeting with multiple teams in different working departments to build a software needed by a company. This includes 2 weekly meetings within my personal team and a group team as a whole. From my knowledge this seems exactly like how it would be if I worked with the company remotely. Other random things I was thinking about was how will I keep up to date in the software industry. Is there news articles, youtube channels or something else to help me stay up to date. This industry is constantly changing and falling behind can be detrimental for your career. I also need to set up a internship for this summer or job search. My meeting with to advisors was to start applying for everything early as possible. I read some articles and reddit posts about software engineers in the auto industry and saw some negative feedback. They didn’t treat their workers with a lot of respect. Maybe it was the company, but I can not be in that type of workspace. Silicon valley is a place where software engineers are treated very well especially in the big companies. It is a very saturated place and I would need to stand out from competition.
