This week flew by! I’ll recap this week’s highlights with a list.
- I’m going to star in a video! Well, not really. I was asked to be part of an intern recruiting video. State Farm plans on making a ‘true life’ intern video. I was told that while recruiting interns State Farm is interested in showing off what interns do instead of just telling people about the opportunities. Someone thought it would be cool to highlight my project so I’m going to be followed around by a camera crew over the summer.
- I had a shortened work week because of Memorial day. I spent two days at Corporate South (State Farm’s technology headquarters). I spent the other two days in Champaign, IL at the University of Illinois’ research park. I really enjoy State Farm’s Research and Development Center because it is built for college students that live in Champaign, IL and it is a fun, informal atmosphere where a lot of work gets done.
- Apple provisioning is a pain! Apple makes distributing code to their iPhone and iPad platforms unnecessarily complicated! I wasted more time than I care to admit setting up Apple’s provisioning profiles so I could test code on an iPad.
- I successfully tested code on an iPad. 🙂
- I met some really cool full-time employees and interns. I noticed that a lot of full-time employees are genuinely interested in talking to interns and they are always sharing some personal wisdom. A lot of the interns I’ve met have great personalities and they’re enthusiastic about their work.