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Blog 4: Networking + NCUIRE

 Hello! I learned lots of things about networking this semester, especially about the benefits. It is crazy to me that most jobs do not even post their openings, and instead leave positions open for referrals. I have also heard a few times about people who were not picked for a position because the other candidate was a referral. I had research that I was presenting at the NCUIRE research symposium, and it was a good experience. However, I feel like I didn't get much networking done despite being a presenter. The attendees were primarily students, teachers, or the judges. I think what I least like about networking is trying to be confident and hoping that I know what I am talking about. The gentleman I have been speaking to on LinkedIn is an expert in his field, and that is a bit intimidating to me. How do I know what I am talking about when this person knows already knows everything I know, plus more? To be blunt, how do I not make an ass of myself, and have an intelligent convers...
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Blog Post 3 - Cultural Intelligence

 Hello! Today's blog is about cultural intelligence and responsiveness. I think cultural intelligence is basically being culturally aware. To me, it is acknowledging that other people have different experiences, views, and values based on their culture, and being able to respect those differences.  Cultural responsiveness to me is more about putting cultural intelligence into actions. Some actions include showing curiosity about other cultures in order to learn more, being an activist for a more inclusive society, and inviting a variety of different people to the decision making table. Showing curiosity about other cultures in order to learn more is very helpful for current and future interactions. The more you learn about another culture, the easier it is to communicate with people from that culture in future interactions. It can also help you understand how unique each person is, which in turn can fight stereotypes. When you think of being an activist, it is easy to immediat...
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Blog Post 2 -- Spring 2023 -- Professional Identity

 Hello! The second blog post for this semester is about professional identity. My interpretation of professional identity is basically how you want to be viewed as a professional. For example, how much of your authentic-self do you want to show, and how much is appropriate; do you want to be viewed as a leader; do you want to be the type of professional who wants to go to work, do their job, and not have to worry about bossing people around? I think your professional identity varies based on the field you are in in STEM, and what activity you are doing. A biologist might be able to dress fairly casually in the lab, but when they are presenting at a research conference it is important to dress up professionally in order to gain more respect. Engineers tend to dress fairly casually. As a software engineer, my dad would dress in jeans in a collared shirt for work in the office even. He was never working face-to-face with clients or customers, so there was no point in requiring everyon...
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Blog Post 1-- Spring 2023 -- TRAIN Mixer

Hello! So I went to the TRAIN mixer the last Friday, which was extremely worthwhile. However, I was tasked with speaking to some potential TRAIN transfer students about their anxieties with transferring to university, but I never managed to talk to any of them. The word around town was that there was transportation issues? And nobody was really sure who the very few community college students were (if any?) But I'm honestly not entirely sure. Either way, since I am unable to talk about their anxieties, I will talk about some of the anxieties I had when I transferred to ASU from Glendale Community College (GCC). Before I get into that, though, I am super happy because I ran into one of my professors, and she's going to try and squeeze me in to do independent research with her so I can finish my last 3 capstone credits. So I hope it isn't too late in the semester to do that! I'm scared it's an opportunity that will turn out to be too good to be true, though. But she s...
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Fall 2023 Semester: Databases!

      Based on what I learned in this class, i t seems to me like a speadsheet is a fast and easy way to make calculations before putting it into a database, and a database is used to manage and display the data in different ways. At least that’s what it seems like from my own experience. The majority of my Excel experience involves inputting a bunch of data into the cells, and then using different mathematical formulas for calculations, and then displaying it in a table. For example, in one of my engineering classes at Glendale Community College, we used different formulas to calculate say, the distance of different projectiles shot out at different angles. It doesn’t seem like SQL allows that sort of thing. It seems like you could use Excel to make the calculations for your dataset, and then use SQL for management and to sort and display the data in the database. For the group project, Jaira and I chose a CORGIS dataset with different cancer statistics for each state....
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Blog Post #4

     This semester I learned a lot of valuable information about mental health, and I also learned more about my future Applied Computing classes. It felt really good talking to people in my major specifically about how difficult and stressful it is. I found out that many of them have the same struggles as me with coding, and I've realized this semester that if I'm struggling to solve a coding problem, chances are, many of my classmates are struggling on the same problem.      This semester I have begun forcing myself to stop doing homework at a certain time every night, and start doing something enjoyable. I've struggled with balancing school and free time in the past, and tend to dedicate significantly more time than I need to doing school work.       My career goals have evolved slightly since starting college. I got into the Computer Science (cybersecurity) program at Glendale Community College, and my major is still very similar. De...
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Blog Post #3

 Hello! This blog post is a little tough because I'm not sure exactly what to write. I suppose I should start out by mentioning that I've had a kind of rough 2 weeks academically. I got extremely overwhelmed with the amount of work in my classes. Despite putting almost 100% focus on a single class to complete an assignment, I did not finish and ended up failing the assignment. Despite trying to study as much as I could for the midterm in that same class, I did poorly on the exam. I'm not quite at the point of no return in the class, but it is at the point where continuing is likely not worth the risk.  After reading "Daring Greatly" I always catch myself saying what Dr. Brown wrote in her book: "What is shame? Shame is putting in as much effort and time as I think I can muster and still failing..." However, giving up isn't an option for me so despite the shame I feel about likely having to withdraw, I will try the class again, and take it until I pas...
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