And co-op begins!
Wow, 3 weeks ago today, I started working at Smarter Travel Media for my very first co-op! That's such a weird feeling! It definitely does not feel like it has been that long whatsoever.
So far, I really like my job. They gave me some free stuff like pen, calendar, luggage tag, t-shirt, and even an iPod nano! The people there are really cool and pretty approachable as well, fun to be with. I didn't realize how many Northeastern people where there...there are the 3 of us who are on co-op (a rising senior as a dev and a junior as a sysadmin) and then there are 4 recent graduates. I personally think that's pretty awesome because then I don't feel so "lonely". Go Northeastern!
As for the actual work, it hasn't been all too bad. I started off by working on these tools called "search adapters" that are part of the search engine on BookingBuddy (http://www.bookingbuddy.com). I don't know if I've ever explained what BookingBuddy is, but it's a site where people can easily fill out all the travel information (origin, destination, dates, etc.) for flights, hotels, cruises, and other sorts of traveling on there, and then select among a list of travel websites to check for and sometimes compare prices. All the data entered on our site is pre-filled on the 3rd party sites. It's pretty cool, and I definitely recommend people using it more often. I have used it in the past before I even knew I'd end up working on it as part of my job! Anyway, after working on these adapters for a bit, I've got my hands on working with newsletters a little, and then recently I've started working on other random things that they could find for me because I was running out of things to do! Sooo I've been fixing anything that pops up on the error log and creating search widgets, to name a few...although today, I did feel pretty overwhelmed with the whole workflow process and all the tickets I had to handle...I went from a few idling tickets to a whole mess of idling and active ones. *sigh*
Aside from co-op, I've just been hanging around, relaxing. I've been making food at home more often now, saving money, which is always good. Not too long ago, I finally caught up on the webcomic "Questionable Content", as well as watched all of the tv show "Arrested Development". Now that I've through those from beginning to end, I had started watching an American sci-fi television show from the mid-90's called "Sliders". It's pretty good and sometimes cheesy, which makes me dislike it once in a while, but still good. Also, I have been meaning to get back into reading for a while now, so now I'm going to borrow some books from a friend and start doing so. I'm very excited about it!
Okay, enough reading, here are some pictures you can take a look at!
Last month, we had a "CISters' Hometown Weekend" and a few of us went to Rhode Island for the day, which is where Liz and I are from! That day, we visited Thayer Street right near Brown in downtown Providence. It's similar to Newbury Street, Coolidge Corner, or Harvard Square with little shops and restaurants. Then, we went out to Newport, drive along the eastern side of Rhode Island, and then went to my family's restaurant for dinner.
And without further adieu:
Newport Cliff Walk -- 40 steps!
Newport Cliff Walk
The Breakers Mansion
Liz, me, and Lauren...she doesn't like pictures apparently