Well, my time as an employee at CallWave has come to an end (yes for a seond time, but this time it is for good), so I figured it was time to sit back and tally up what I accomplished (and went through) at CallWave.
Vital Statistics
Years as an employee: 2
Years as an intern: 1
Number of different bosses during employment: 4
Number of layoffs survived: 2
Number of times laid off: 1
Number of times hired back after being laid off: 1
Number of desk changes: 6
Positions: Database Intern, Database Developer
Programming Languages learned: SQL, Python, ActionScript
Responsibilities
I was responsible at CallWave for the daily upkeep and maintenance of the companies database servers. When things went wrong, I would diagnose and troubleshoot the issue, fixing the problem once it was uncovered. Along with these responsibilities, I helped design a new database schema for one of the company's new products, seeing the schema through development to the product's launch.
Along with these responsibilities, my job also included both client and server side programming in Python and ActionScript. The server side code involved programming an API for unified communications over a SOAP interface. The client side programming involved connecting to this SOAP interface to persist user information. My other client side programming responsibilities had me coding user interface components according to a visual specification.
Synopsis
In the end, CallWave provided me with pretty much the ideal start to my career in computer science. The experience I gained in database programming and maintenance will provide, I think, a great advantage in my career as I move forward. That, along with the skills gained in working with groups of developers and programming to specifications should help me have a successful programming career. The end of my time was bitter-sweet, but the experience, overall, was great.
4 comments:
hey good post. I couldn't agree more with your final assessment there.
Hope Microsoft is great!
Hey Josh, great post. It was a pleasure working with you at CW and I wish you the best of luck at Microsoft.
Nice post Josh. You were a great asset to CW and we'll miss you. And of course we'll miss Muhlneir (sp?). Thanks for all of your help and good spirit. Microsoft is stoked to have you!
Julie and I loved having you here with us! (oh, and thanks for taking us out to Italian food!) I think it's rad that you are taking the time to look back on your time at "CW" and keep a positive outlook. But you forgot to mention that you are going to move up here next month. :)
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