It is day 7 of my work experience at SAS. Today, just like any other day, started off with a meeting with a developer that focused on machine learning and artificial intelligence. He showed us some of the algorithms he has been working on since he has been at SAS. Aside from regular day-to-day work, he signed up to help transition some of the Java code into Go despite not knowing a single thing about it when he initially signed up. He really enjoyed learning the new language and SAS’s flexibility to allow you to work on things you would find enjoying. After the meeting with the developer, we met with two project managers. Although they are “managers”, they really are conductors. They lead without authority. Their job consists mostly of coordinating meetings, checking in with people on their job and making sure that the work flow is smooth.
After lunch, we shadowed Ms.Mayo and the two project mangers to a meeting with almost everybody on the project. Although it was only a discussion on a specific scrollbar, it showed how meticulous and careful SAS is about their products. After this group meeting, we met with another developer for a short bit. This developer worked mostly on hot fixes, so he showed us how he uses GIT to make changes on the master source code and making branches to test things out. At the end of the day, David and I met with a “themer”. The themer is someone who works mostly on color schemes using CSS. She showed us several of the styles she has been working on for the 11 products on her agenda. It is really interesting that SAS separates the front end down to someone who specifically focuses on QUX, UX, html, and CSS. Tomorrow, we will meet with two other developers who works closely with Ms.Mayo. I am very excited to see what their job entails.
Machine learning probability(beta distribution)
