Participated in project from Stage 1 to Stage 2
(CST Project Stages)
Technologies & Tools learned and applied
- Google Cloud Platform -- cloud hosting, Google software tools
- Flask -- web application framework
- mySQL -- database management system
Soft Skills learned and applied
- Ability to see big picture
- Learning new technologies
- Defining technical specifications
- Logical thinking
- Creative thinking
Primary tasks
- Lead for project path-finding with focus on technical solutions
- Developed spec for project definition
- Proposed creative ideas for tracking collaboration
- Communicated learnings to incoming team at Stage 3
Tasks by stage highlighted below:
- Researching prior work in this area
- Identifying technical requirements
- Identifying logistical requirements
- Creating organizational system for CST documents (Google Drive)
- Project Specifications document
- Recruiting. Team is a mix of interns and other students.
- Information meetings
- Understanding STEM-Away
- Understanding CST
- Project management tool
- Initial set of tasks identified and entered
- First All-Team Meeting
- Assigning Tasks
- Researching
- Google Cloud Platform
- Data sources (API’s)
- Database technologies
- Web App technologies
- Visualization Tools
- Team Discussions
- Django or Flask (web app)
- BLS, CareerOneStop, Indeed API, Glassdoor API, or something else (data sources)
- PostgreSQL or mySQL (database)
- Data Studio, Pandas, Google API’s, Big Query, a combination, or something else (visualization)