My day began as all others do: unexpectedly. I walked in, expecting a boring office – only to find one full of energy. People talking, laughing, and having fun – not to mention the puppy (named Sir) (pictured). I began by meeting my two primary hosts – Brendan Zulich and Paul Dorney – and discussing what I was bringing to the internship, and what I wanted out of it. I got a few promotional videos, some internal training information, and was on my way.
That afternoon I attended the starting all hands meeting. It was a bit of a downer, discussing the financial future of the company, but also extremely motivational. I can say, without embarrassment, that I left it ready to give the hardest quarter of my life – despite not being paid.
I closed the day by working on an internal tool to make it easier to view analytics by connecting their communications tool – slack – with their database allowing users to create and submit queries without accessing the full database. 