Honestly, both speakers were very uninteresting and
unengaging. Rishi's presentation included too many complicated figures which he
did not do well explaining. Something I learned this semester was to simplify
the figures and explain everything on it. Most importantly, make sure to not
include too many words on the slides as we were all trying to read everything
and figure what all the shapes and words meant. His presentation was more meant
for students who are familiar with the topic than as an introduction. I feel
that most of us were pretty lost during the whole presentation. Tom's
presentation was also unengaging and a little bland. He did not sound
enthusiastic or really passionate about his career, or at least was unable to
communicate it. It was a bit sad learning how hard it is to survive in his
business and the things he had to do for money. He even referred to himself as
a "prostitute". Something new I learned was that efficient battery storage
will be the next big thing, in his opinion, for renewable energy.
So I was able to job shadow at PBS NOVA and it was amazing!
At first when I found out that my 7 hour job shadow was reduced to 3, I was
really disappointed. But the producer who I shadowed set up interviews with
coworkers from different departments. I was able to interview producers,
writers, researchers, interns, filmmakers, animators, and the education
outreach manager. Since I was not really expecting this, I had not planned time
in my schedule to write a transcript for each of the interviews, as I did not
have questions prepared ahead of time. So I am a little nervous about writing 5
transcripts by next Wednesday.
