My STEP project was an internship with TicketFire. This was a part time internship where I helped manage the eTickets, website, and android application for the company.- Not only did it transform my technical knowledge, It also changed my view on what it means to be a business and how I might want to conduct business in the future. It made me want to start my own company in the future rather than just getting a job at a big company. Working in that Start-Up environment really made me want to do that again in the future, but rather than being the intern I want to be the CEO. The experience transformed what I think of the business world and how people can succeed in it.
- There were a couple of people that helped shape the transformations that I had experienced in this time. The first of which was my manager. He was not just the person that gave me my day-to-day work, he also encouraged me to explore and take part in other aspects of the business.
At the beginning I was not too sure as I was only expecting to take part in the technical part of the company, but I was happy that my manager encouraged me to take part in the other aspects as it broadened my knowledge about the eTicket industry and how businesses in general function. My manager then told me that it might be fun and that he thought I might enjoy it. After a couple of times, I decided to attend one of the business meetings and that experience changed what I thought about the business side.
The other transformational part was the technologies that I learned. I learned many different technologies in the computer science field. I deepened my knowledge in many technologies that I had already worked with. I also learned new technologies that I have not experience in my classes at OSU. These are some technologies that I have leveraged in interviews and other personal projects and having these in my arsenal have been life changing.
- Like I mentioned at the end of the last paragraph these are valuable to me and my life because I get to leverage those technologies and the knowledge in my day-to-day life whether it be through personal projects, or through professional experiences.
I get to use the technologies in my personal projects, like the android app I am creating. Without these technologies I would not be able to do that. I also get to use the business knowledge I learned to hopefully one day create my own business, as this internship inspired me to do that in the near future.