Brief Introduction
Today in Math we were told to write a short reflection on what we had accomplished and done in our first semester of math. We were told that the post was to contain the skills we have developed throughout the start of this course, a few goals for the upcoming semester and what we have learned.
My Reflection
In the first semester of Math 9, I’ve learnt a lot about exponents, rational numbers, radicals, polynomials, surface areas and more. During this first semester, I have further developed the way I study and how I prepare for the next class. To do this, I make sure I fully understand the concept by trying to explain it or teach it to someone else. In the second semester of Math 9, I hope to further my success and understanding in this class by periodically reviewing notes and by finding a study buddy.
Job Title: Senior Product Manager
Job Description: Product manager for back end platform used by internal and external users.
Duties and Tasks:
– Manage and groom product road map and product backlog/bugs for the back end platform
– Define the scope and create business requirements and user stories for new features and products
– Meet with customers to identify their pain points and understand their needs for a back end platform
Qualifications:
Training: Learned to use JIRA, PowerSteering, Basecamp, Wrike, MSOffice (Word, Excel), MSVisio, MS Project and Confluence.
Education: A Masters in business education and it’s nice to have Computer science degree/diploma, but not required.
Experience: Over 10 years of experience in
– Product management and development
– Project management
– Business analysis
– strategy development
Skills and Attributes
– Personable
– Ability to work with different types of people
– Always want to learn new things
– Not to be afraid to ask a lot of questions
– Ability to work with cross-functional teams
– Ability to work independently and in a team
The things Vivien likes about this job:
– Salary
– Co-workers
– Option to telecommute
– Mentally Challenging
– Interactions with others
The things Vivien dislikes about this job:
– The commute
– Long hours
– Too many meetings
Changes to this job in the next 5 years:
– More strategy development
– Developing stronger relationships with clients
– Improving products and creating more
Three reasons why I would like this job:
– The salary
– Casual work environment
– Ability to work with a team and independently
Reasons why I would dislike this job:
– Hours
– Not my interests or passion
– Being on-call
Is this job for me?
This job isn’t for me because of many reasons. I feel like this job would be too stressful for me and I am not interested in this domain. My interests are more along the lines of programming and not project management. I want to be more involved rather than simply managing.
The Value of This Experience
To be frank, this experience was not what I thought it would be. I got the opportunity to see what many different careers do. Some other grades nines and myself were lead around the office for a while and spent time in many different teams in the office. I found out a lot more than I thought I would. I met friendly people who were open-minded and would ask you the questions. Their questions would lead to all sorts of amazing ideas. To end off this day, I learned a little more about how to write a resume, a skill that will surly impact my future. The way they taught us to write it seemed like putting your personally on paper.
After this experience, I’m more sure of what I want to do. I met with quite a few people who worked in programming and got to ask them questions about their experience first hand. This has greatly affected what I will do in the future. I now realize that programming is something I want to look into. It’s strange that the career I took away the most from and the one I wrote this about were different, but that’s just what happened. While I was there, I mentioned that I wanted to go to school in Quebec and someone told me about this would be a great idea and give me more edge when I get into the programming career.
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Reflection
When I Googled myself, I didn’t find anything that was too relevant to me. I used my name and last initial, first initial and last name and every combination in between. I found that my family is very popular and visible in the Philippines. I also found that my grandparents are there more visible online than I am. I also found that the things that did show up were not very up to date. There was a project I did in grade seven, a document about a reward I won in grade 7 and a PDF file that my basketball coach from a long time ago posted. I don’t think that’s a good thing. See more about that in my conclusion.
How might your digital footprint affect your future opportunities? Give at least two examples.
Your digital footprint can affect your future opportunities and you have no control over what’s already there. Once you post it, your future employer could see your Instagram, Facebook or Twitter feed, that could go two ways. They could love what they see, if it showed a digitally responsible, well rounded person. Or just the opposite could happen, they could see a totally irresponsible and careless person.
Your digital footprint can affect something far more important than job opportunities. It can affect academic opportunities, such as scholarships, universities and colleges. For example, if you were applying for the Technology Addiction Awareness Scholarship from some place in the U.S. If someone were to go onto your Instagram and see that you post to your story every five minutes, they could deem you ineligible for that scholarship.
Describe at least three strategies that you can use to keep your digital footprint appropriate and safe.
There are quite a few strategies that you can use to keep your digital footprint safe. I’ll try and come up with some that are more original than just “keep your account on private”.
One strategy that can be helpful is to google yourself. You won’t know what is out there until you look. You don’t need to spend all day looking at Google’s search results after you Google yourself, you can simply type your time into the little box once or twice a month.
Another strategy is to always be mindful. Before you post take the time to think about why you are posting this. Are you trying to be funny or cool? Chances are, if you’re just posting to make yourself seem different than you are that will not affect you positively in the future. You should also be mindful and think about if this could offend someone in a way that you are not okay with. What I mean by that is that you can’t make everyone happy and you should always be you.
My third strategy is to watch what you use for usernames on your accounts. I feel like usernames like CoolGamer123 and Will_1001 are better left for gaming and not social media. You shouldn’t use your first or last name for gaming, but don’t be afraid to use your real name on platforms like Twitter or Facebook.
I have one more tip for all of you, first impressions are everything, and you should treat them as such. In person, first impressions are based off how you stand, how you dress and how you speak. Online, they are based off your username, profile picture and bio.
What information did you learn that you would pass on to other students? How would you go about telling them?
Something that I think everyone should know is that just because your account says private, it’s not completely private. I would tell them this by doing an activity like the one they did in that video we had to watch beforehand. I feel like many teenagers also have too many social media accounts. Spam accounts aren’t necessary, and you are just expanding your digital footprint while using them. Keep your accounts all on a list and don’t let your list exceed three or four. You want to have a manageable amount that won’t control your life.
In conclusion, I learned a lot during this project. Some key points I learned are that my family is more visible online than I thought. I need to step it up and not be afraid to post and share my good ideas after editing them and making sure they are appropriate to post. A good digital footprint can make all the difference in career and academic opportunities; I should use the impact they make to give myself edge and an advantage.
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