Thursday, March 12, 2015

Apple Facebook Wakatime

I don't even know where to start about today we spent a majority of the day visiting the Apple headquarters learning about different positions as well as moves within the company over the yearly quarter. They showed us the soon to be new apple campus across the 280 Expressway but then served us lunch as if we were clients of Apple. 
After we finished our visit at Apple we migrated over to Facebook and had the hardest time finding a parking spot. There were cars boxing other cars in thanks to their lovely "complimentary vallet service." 
Due to this we had to park on the opposite side of the campus from where we were supposed to actually be but regardless we had a great session. We were able to walk the entire campus and learn about the amenities all the employees received just for working there. They spoke highly about trying to make everyone's lives easier and if it meant having an on sight laundry/dry cleaning service so be it. Before we end our visit we were to take a sneak peak into Instagrams "anti gravity photo booth" that was furnished with furniture Mark Zuckerberg used to sit in before he upgraded to nicer furniture.
By the end of the session we were all completely wiped out and decided to switch our last session to be located poolside rather than up in the professors suite. We spent the end of our day sitting around eating tasty food and drinking a couple libations while learning about Priyanka Sharma's start up company WakaTime. The start up essentially allows contractors to look our their data to see how long it takes coding to be produced as well as it's success rate. Sharma's reference for a better understanding was directed towards the Fitbit Health App. Once the reference was made it was easier to understand what she talking about. Now that I have successfully typed my fastest blog I am relaxing since we have a big day out in San Francisco tomorrow.
 
Until next time,
Kaitlyn

 

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