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Internship Overview. Aidan Domogalla 2nd Internship April, 2008 - September, 2008. Agenda. Company History Employment Information 3P Assessment Multiple Discipline TFS Source Control Transfer ISQA Web Submission Tool What I’ve Learned at Intel
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Internship Overview Aidan Domogalla 2nd Internship April, 2008 - September, 2008
Agenda • Company History • Employment Information • 3P Assessment • Multiple Discipline • TFS Source Control Transfer • ISQA Web Submission Tool • What I’ve Learned at Intel • Suggested Courses & Overall Impression • Differences • Q & A
History Overview • Intel Corporation is the world's largest semiconductor company. • Founded on July 18, 1968 by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore. • Started off developing SRAM and DRAM memory chips. • Intel created the first commercial microprocessor chip in 1971. • Intel employs more than 86,000 people world wide.
Employment Info • Hours: 40 hours / week • Very flexible. Often worked late one day, went home early the next. • Pay: $23.17 / Hour • Overtime with authorization • Paid Holidays and 3.7 hours of Vacation time per pay period • Free to use Gym • Xbox 360 and Wii (Jones Farm)
Projects – 3P Assessment • Primary project base. • Automates the 3P Assessment • Complex and complicated web application using ASP.NET, VB.NET, and SQL • Did extensive debugging of web side code and re-architected the database to support additional features. • Corrected for approximately 65 bugs and functionality changes. • Examples: • Scoring Reset • NotA Checkbox Clearing • Updated documentation • Return on Investment: Medium / High
Projects – TFS Source Control Transfer • Team Foundation Server • Relocated old Visual Source Safe repository to new TFS. • Worked with TFS systems admins to get setup. • Original documentation spread out and hard to find. • Compiled all needed documentation into a single .doc file. • RoI: High
Projects – ISQA Online Submission Tool • Automates the submission of ISQ Award nominations. • Built from scratch with basic requirements list. • Provides an easy to use interface. • Dynamic controls maintain user security. • Ready for user testing • Not currently hosted. • RoI: Medium
What I Learned • Documentation is not only necessary, it’s useful. • Regular progress updates keep me on track and help solidify my agenda. • Independent testing is an important part of development! • Goal oriented interaction is not needed to create a group environment.
Suggested Courses & Overall Impression Courses: • CS 195: Intro to Web Authoring • CS 275: Intro to Databases Overall Impression: Good
Differences First Internship: Huntair Inc. • Much smaller. ~300 employees. • Everyone was mostly in a single building. • High interaction between work groups. • Low diversity due to company size. • Limited benefits for interns. • Less bureaucracy.