My name is Danielle, and I have been a student intern in the Office of Web Services for over a year and a half. I recently attended the CMIS Women in IT Conference, which is hosted at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, with my colleagues Silvia and Daphne. I learned a lot of things at the conference, but the thing that really stuck out to
me was the importance of networking. It’s good to have personal relationships
with people from other companies. I found that it is really important to
communicate with people from all over the globe because you can learn from them.
I also learned a great deal from the speakers that came to talk to us. They
pushed skills such as good work ethic and active listening. They also talked
about their experience in the work force and how it affected them. Their
stories were very inspiring. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of women
that are into technology. |
| Meeting up with Texas A&M web professionals was awesome! L to R: Danielle, Silvia, Donald, Daphne, Tim |
Aside from the conference, we also got to have dinner with
two Texas A&M employees that are web professionals. It was really
interesting to hear about their experiences and how it is differs from working
at Tarleton. For example, they have their own web team for each college whereas Tarleton has just one web team that covers all of the colleges and departments. Overall, I
learned a lot and it was an amazing experience. I acquired some useful skills
that will help me as a student and later in the workforce.
-Danielle
