It’s time to go out into the world and do some work… kinda. For our first project of careers 9, we went to work with an adult to see what it’s like, and gain some experience for when we will eventually have to do the same. For the project, I went with my dad who works at a software company called Teradici. Throughout this post I will hopefully gain some knowledge and answers to some of my questions on what it’s like having a job.

At the start of the project I had a lot of questions and assumptions about what it was going to be like. For Example, 

How big is it? 

Do you know everyone? 

How professional is the workplace? 

Is it super strict or are you allowed a bit of room for creativity and fun. 

How is it run/organized?

Is everybody passionate about their work/want to be there?

That’s quite a few questions and I probably won’t have a chance to find an answer to all of them, so instead I focused on 3 main questions/ideas. Those being, What does my Dad actually do for work to support our family? (I’ve asked him before but never really understood it). What is it like to go to work everyday? As well as is it a job I would be interested in? If not then hopefully gaining some insight on the type of careers or jobs I would like to have, since ultimately this entire project is about preparing us for what the future holds. 

Anyways, enough talking as for this project we had to create a video to show what our experience was like. Here is mine below

Even though I didn’t get to go into a company’s headquarters, this was still a very fun and valuable experience and I managed to answer most of my questions that I had at the start. One of the most interesting things I observed while sitting next to my dad is how much it felt like a group project, which was pretty much exactly what it was. Everybody helping each other and  using their own unique strengths to work towards a common goal was very cool to watch. Talking with Thomas was a very valuable experience. He gave me lots of helpful advice for what my career could look like that I didn’t have time to fit into the video, and his cheerful attitude and determination to make things better gave me hope that going to work isn’t going to be so bad after all.

See you next time,

Nolan