Fall 2008-Present
Working with Affective Computing and Dr.Rosalind Picard, I am a research assistant while earning my masters degree.
Projects that I have worked on so far include:
Designing Tools to Measure Emotional States
Working with Ocupational Therapy to measure Treatment Effectiveness
I have worked with one UROP to develop software for these projects.
Showing posts with label Jobs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jobs. Show all posts
Working for Hasbro, a toy company
Summer 2007
My dream job was to work at Wizards of the Coast, making games.
They held a competition where 1000's of people applied for one position. I didn't get it.
Then I asked myself, why not just ask for one personally, instead of applying.
I wrote a letter to the Vice President, and I got a response, I was hired.
Over the summer I helped develop flash script for the games. Instead of just hardcoding all day I was given the opportunity to design how the layout would look. I became an expert with photoshop, making icons for each character. I also dabbed into interface design figuring out how to make the game fun.
The strongest thing I took out of this internship is what it was lacking: service. I had so much fun, playing card games with the pros, being creative, living with my grandparents, but I never felt a sense of purpose. How was I going to change the world with this? That lead me to apply to grad school the next year.
My dream job was to work at Wizards of the Coast, making games.
They held a competition where 1000's of people applied for one position. I didn't get it.
Then I asked myself, why not just ask for one personally, instead of applying.
I wrote a letter to the Vice President, and I got a response, I was hired.
Over the summer I helped develop flash script for the games. Instead of just hardcoding all day I was given the opportunity to design how the layout would look. I became an expert with photoshop, making icons for each character. I also dabbed into interface design figuring out how to make the game fun.
The strongest thing I took out of this internship is what it was lacking: service. I had so much fun, playing card games with the pros, being creative, living with my grandparents, but I never felt a sense of purpose. How was I going to change the world with this? That lead me to apply to grad school the next year.
Resident Advisor for CU
Fall 2005-Spring 2008
As soon as most people read RA (GRT in MIT terms), they read 'nark' or think of some authoritarian figure with aviator glasses on. See me during our hall snowball fight for 'angry me'.
Well that's not how it goes at all for me. I loved being an RA. Being that ceaseless friend, helping people, and being part of a strong community have been some of my favorite memories. I have been an RA at CU Boulder for 3 years.
Because of my work I was nominated for the AIMHO outstanding RA role.
I also was the "Senior RA" my Senior year, where I spent my time teaching other people how to be RA's.
Some of my favorite activities:
Being an RA allowed me to create strong communities, help people, and develop meaningful relationships.
As soon as most people read RA (GRT in MIT terms), they read 'nark' or think of some authoritarian figure with aviator glasses on. See me during our hall snowball fight for 'angry me'.
Well that's not how it goes at all for me. I loved being an RA. Being that ceaseless friend, helping people, and being part of a strong community have been some of my favorite memories. I have been an RA at CU Boulder for 3 years.
Because of my work I was nominated for the AIMHO outstanding RA role.
I also was the "Senior RA" my Senior year, where I spent my time teaching other people how to be RA's.
Some of my favorite activities:
- Ski Trip up to Keystone Resort
- Dodgeball Games
- Yoga
- Wii and Rockband Nights
- Infinite number of Hall Dinners
- Movie Nights
- Flaming Pizza Boxes
- Grocery Carts off the Balcony
- Roomate Conflicts
- Alcoholism/Alcohol Poisoning
- Suicide Attempts
- Arsonists
- Drug Dealers
- Guns in rooms
- Eating Disorders
- Relationship problems
- Academic Problems
- and once a SWAT team knocked on my door at 6am in the morning
Being an RA allowed me to create strong communities, help people, and develop meaningful relationships.
IBM Leadership Researcher
Spring Semester 2006
As part of the Presidents Leadership Class, we were required to take an internship where we are in contact with the leaders of a company. I chose IBM.
I knew IBM was not me. The last thing I am is a cog in a machine, headed in a direction that no one is pushing.
But I wanted to understand how major engineering firms work and what motivates people.
I spent a semester working within the Printing devision and interviewing everyone, from the secretaries to the Vice President.
While I will probably not work for IBM, this internship helped me understand what is important to me as an engineer, and how I need to take personal leadership to get where I want to be.
In the end I produced a paper encouraging IBM to embrace more personal innovation. Encourage employees to change how their job works and what their jobs do. And reward it!
As part of the Presidents Leadership Class, we were required to take an internship where we are in contact with the leaders of a company. I chose IBM.
I knew IBM was not me. The last thing I am is a cog in a machine, headed in a direction that no one is pushing.
But I wanted to understand how major engineering firms work and what motivates people.
I spent a semester working within the Printing devision and interviewing everyone, from the secretaries to the Vice President.
While I will probably not work for IBM, this internship helped me understand what is important to me as an engineer, and how I need to take personal leadership to get where I want to be.
In the end I produced a paper encouraging IBM to embrace more personal innovation. Encourage employees to change how their job works and what their jobs do. And reward it!
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