Tenth Post

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.