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Diary of a Summer Intern

July 21, 2010

Hello Everyone,

This week was pretty crazy. we’ve been having a hackathon, which is basically an event where our whole team meets in one city to try and quickly fix the bugs we have on file.. It has included doughnuts, cupcakes, pierogi, and an offsite team building event with dinner. As we are all in one room, we are able to work together and ask each other questions. On our breaks, we have been playing pool and foosball. At one point, we had a power outage. That was interesting to say the least, but it was quickly remedied. Luckily, because everything is stored in the cloud, we did not lose anything we had been working on, and were quickly able to resume our progress.

Since the start of my project, we have changed the implementation multiple times, which has halted my ability to get the patch turned in. However, it has been good, because each time we have come up with a better way to sync. Unfortunately, this means that the tests have to be re-written every time as well, in addition to changing the design document I've been working on. For this reason, it will be really nice when it is all figured out and tested. Deleting code is the worst, especially when you reflect on how much time you spent on the code you are now deleting. But, the end product is always a little sweeter, because you know that it is exactly how you want it to be.

From my viewpoint now, I do not know if I will actually finish my project this summer. But, I have learned so much in the process, that finishing would only be icing on the cake.

That's about all I have for now. Hope you all are having a good summer,
Jerr

Random Google Fact: They have massage chairs randomly placed around the office. So if you get a little frustrated coding, all you have to do is take a walk down the hall and sit and relax in one of the chairs.

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