Today was the first day of the Work Experience Program. My first meeting was at 10:00am at Cafe Carolina in Chapel Hill with a company that is working with Hyperspace on a site that is like glassdoor, but specifically for women. I thought that was pretty cool, and there I met Alicia who is a Technical Product Manager, and someone I will be working with throughout the next two weeks. There I was also offered a summer-long internship, and I am very excited to be working with them even after Discovery Term.
Alicia and I went to lunch on Franklin St. and then headed to downtown Durham to meet another client, and look at possible office/incubation spaces for the next couple of months. The second client has a patented product that helps arrange fishing lures so they don’t get tangled or broken when transporting them. It is often the simple ideas that prove to be incredibly useful and can help us focus to enjoy our lives. We went to this shared workspace called ‘WeWork’ and we looked at a variety of offices that we could rent over the summer. I was treated like part of the team and was a part of the conversations about what we would need and how the team could work there too. We then went to a new building that was under construction and it was cool to see the layout of the new offices. I really enjoyed my first day and am looking forward to my next couple of days. 
