San Francisco

Our last day of official business was spent visiting TuneIn Radio and Target's database offices.
The two offices had spoke about how they were recent moves into the offices they were located in. Our host Andrew Boch at TuneIn spoke about how they office only had about 100 people apart of it company since it made its move from Texas to Palo Alto to its current office out in San Francisco. His overall presentation was directed towards the IT and Engineering interested students. Unfortunately that left me to kinda doze off here and there but the one thing I noticed was that he didn't work for Human Resources but he knew everything that was changing within the company.
Our last session was spent with a Curry College alumni Shawn Edge and Targets Executive Recruiter Melissa Chu. Together they spoke about how they had recently had moved to the office so don't mind the boxes around the office space. As we walked around you noticed nobody had cubicles but instead everyone had a desk where you could see everyone you were working with so it was easier to collaborate on their current projects. Melissa Chu told us that no individual person will ever receive all the credit for a successful project but instead everyone will be given equal recognition. After the office tour we spent time in the IT end of the office where Shawn Edge gave a presentation that gave us an overview of the company and its current statistics amongst its competitors.
After we finished up our session at Target we made our way down to the pier for a group lunch before we were able to venture off on our own. For a nice restaurant on the pier in San Francisco you would've expected great service and food options but instead the servers took forever to bring us water let alone our orders. To top that off when the food arrived my salad looked like it was ordered off the children's menu because the portions were so small. Little to say I will not be returning to that restaurant again whenever I return back to west coast.
Once we ate we were allowed to venture off and explore the city on our own. A majority of the class decided to take a boat tour that took us under the Golden Gate Bridge, Treasure Island as well as the historical Alcatraz. The tour was filled with facts from origins of each landmark, a breezy boat ride as well as some of the wonder vitamin D.
To end our last day on a high note our lovey taxi driver took us to the curviest street in the city; Lombard Street. He explained how the streets popularity could cause a line of cars throughout the neighborhoods leading up to it for hours which caused the city to place a ban on who could drive down the road during certain times of the day. Luckily cab drivers and residential drivers were excluded from this rule. As we made our way back to our parking garage to head back to the hotel it was nice to know that I spent my last day wandering around the city and taking in the history of the city as well as its historical landmarks.

Until next time,
Kaitlyn