I now feel more comfortable in this facility now that I have been there for a day. Today I worked with Alex Farthing, who is a lot like my main sponsor Bryan Peters, in that he has to deal with hardware issues and people with miscellaneous questions. I established a feel for a job that involves a broader set of skills as opposed to a precise and consultant style of skills. He taught me how to create a dual partition of Mac OS and Windows OS on a Mac machine. We had to help fix a small printer problem for a co-worker who works on the first floor. After we fixed the computer, we returned to his office to discuss major jobs that are involved with NCSA. We also discussed different issues he deals with as well as miscellaneous information about college and the work place. It was nice that I was able to see the inside of an IBM think pad. Alex was able to show me how simple it was to install a video card.
Thursday was my favorite day at NCSA for the week, because I was working with a programmer named Nathan Tolbert. I am so happy that I was able to work with a programmer and I was given hands on experience with what exactly he does. I was shown the basic language he used which was PHP. He even let me play around with PHP and make my own little starter program which printed out my name a couple of times. It made me happy because I learned C++ and PHP is actually easier to learn than C++. That made me realizes how easily I could understand it. I got to see what one of his co-workers does which was making a program for mapping the local Farmers markets. He invented it and he may have an IPod app! That amazed me so much and I loved seeing programming all day. I also got to see the little side project Nathan made which was a Game Boy Advance game, that was quite a day!
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