Wednesday - Obscura Digital
Today I went upstairs to the Software Department. After being introduced to the head of the software department by SH, I sat with JD, an interactive engineer who used to work downstairs in the Hardware Department with systems. She spared more than an hour to talk with me about not only about what she did as an Interactive Engineer, but many other things as well. She talked about her time in with systems and how it differed from software. JD told me about the most stunning places she went in addition to the greatest productions she staged with Obscura. I was given insight on her most challenging job as well as the differences inherent it production-style work. On another talked about colleges (both mine and her alma matter of UC Santa Cruz), engineering school, and opportunities worth seizing. I even asked about what it was like being in such a male-dominated office. We covered many topics in our conversation and it was a fascinating discussion to say the least.
I spent the rest of the day with WN, another interactive engineer with Obscura. I got to shadow him as he worked on... Removed per NDA ... It was awesome watching WN use Touch Designer as he was able to explain what he was doing as well as his thought process. Before I left, WN and JD showed me what the older legacy projects looked like, rife full of bugs, errors, and poor organization, as well as his bug fixing process. I left early (before 3 PM) so I could make it to Badminton practice.
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