Daniel didn't come into work today until 12:30, which gave me two and a half hours to be self-guided. I started by finishing up yesterday's blog, then went through my Trello list to figure out what I could get working on, or more accurately, what tasks I understood conceptually. I decided to work on redesigning the Guard Llama mount, since this was something I worked with personally, and figured I had a good enough grasp on.
I chatted with Jason (from Catalyze) and Adam (from Guard Llama) while I worked, and it was really nice feeling like I could be productive even without guidance. I drew up a bunch of sketches of how the new model would look like, and talked them over a bit with Jason and Bill to make sure that they would be doable.
Around lunch time, Jason asked me if I wanted to get lunch from Whole Foods with him and Bill. I had brought my own lunch, but figured this was a good opportunity to get to talk to them. I learned that most of the interns coming in June are a part of an internship program that linked them to Catalyze. I haven't heard the program, but I am curious about what it entails. I know that most of the interns coming in will be mechanical engineers, so I also wonder what they will be involved with when they get here.
Daniel came in right as I got back from lunch, and showed me a website called MakerCase which makes it much easier to design cases like the mount I'm building. He also assigned me a couple of small time-sensitive tasks during the day, like making sure his PCBAs for Konekt were printed in the right size and finding quotes for the Konekt shield he needs to get printed. Once in a while I find his instructions a bit vague, which I think is good for me. It forces me to ask a lot of questions, and when I feel like I've asked enough questions, to probe my resources (the internet) to figure them out myself.
I chatted with Jason (from Catalyze) and Adam (from Guard Llama) while I worked, and it was really nice feeling like I could be productive even without guidance. I drew up a bunch of sketches of how the new model would look like, and talked them over a bit with Jason and Bill to make sure that they would be doable.
Around lunch time, Jason asked me if I wanted to get lunch from Whole Foods with him and Bill. I had brought my own lunch, but figured this was a good opportunity to get to talk to them. I learned that most of the interns coming in June are a part of an internship program that linked them to Catalyze. I haven't heard the program, but I am curious about what it entails. I know that most of the interns coming in will be mechanical engineers, so I also wonder what they will be involved with when they get here.
Daniel came in right as I got back from lunch, and showed me a website called MakerCase which makes it much easier to design cases like the mount I'm building. He also assigned me a couple of small time-sensitive tasks during the day, like making sure his PCBAs for Konekt were printed in the right size and finding quotes for the Konekt shield he needs to get printed. Once in a while I find his instructions a bit vague, which I think is good for me. It forces me to ask a lot of questions, and when I feel like I've asked enough questions, to probe my resources (the internet) to figure them out myself.