Week 5: Tri-Co Inc.

This past week was my first week with Micah Roufa at Tri-Co inc. Tri-Co is a general contractor that renovates and builds schools. The current project is a $22 million renovation and addition to Maplewood High School. Micah is the Project Manager so I…

Week 4: Final week at Fred Weber

My last week at Fred Weber was a weird one because I was sick one day and I had two all day golf tournaments for school CD. I spent Tuesday and Thursday finishing up the competitors list for the VP. Overall, I’m really happy…

Meramec State Park, Working in the Field.

The first three days of my internship at Meramec state park have been different than I expected. The first day, I got a tour of the park from my boss Mr.Fink. The second half of the day I loaded up some wood with one…

Brain Strain

As I solve harder and harder problems my brain can get fried. The problem solving can be fun, but I can’t sit and code for more than an hour and a half at a time without it taking a mental toll. I need to…

CodeAbbey Vs Discovery

CodeAbbey is significently harder than Discovery. I really just learned the consepts in Discovery while CodeAbbey is testing me on what I know. The problem solving aspect requires critical thinking. Luckly both were Python 3 so I didnt have to change what I already…

Pem racing days 13-14

day 13- That day I worked in the front office again with Taylor. I learned about the crash of their old website called quick books. The crash of this website screwed up their whole system and made everything hard to manage. I also learned…

Week Four

My time at Freeport draws to a close today and so everything is wrapping up. The sprint finished Wednesday and so we had a meeting then to analyze the data for the team’s performance and plan for this next sprint. I’ve really learned a…

Week 3: Fred Weber and New Frontier Materials Continued

On Monday I spent the whole day researching competitors for a quarry in Texas and compiling the data in a spreadsheet. On Tuesday I went with Ken Kampman to the Hannibal Limestone Strip Mine. We spent the day 400 feet underground setting metal pinsk…

Pem racing days 11-12

day 11: worked in the assembly room all morning talking to the workers in there about their other jobs and how much they work. After Lunch I was moved around the shop basically all day based on where I was needed. day 12: I…

Pem Racing days 9-10

day9: I spent the morning working on the cnc machine, and helped with shipping in the afternoon. I learned more about my coworkers and was talking to them a bit more about their lives and interests. day10: On the tenth day of my internship…