-: One thing that I wanna make sure that I'm doing
is that I'm understanding the culture and
understanding the language of construction, if you will.
And really understanding what it means to
bring things together and to bring people together
to make the whole project happen.
That's something that's gonna be learned through experience
and through asking a lot of questions.
Throughout my experience, I've asked so many questions,
I mean countless questions, and it's all based on me
trying to get an understanding.
Our program requires two internships to be taken,
and I started in my junior year and my senior year.
I would have liked to maybe have taken that
in my sophomore year.
That would have given me a little bit better insight
into that translation from the classroom to the field.
A lot of my perception of the class has changed
once I even just took a few months
and spent it out in the field.
One thing in particular about the classes that really
translated well was the scheduling and project management.
Those are two things that are really key to understanding
the whole process of behind the scenes and knowing
the schedule, how everything sequences out
and how everything is to go together.
And then with the project management class,
you're really understanding, here is a lot
of the documentation that happens and how it happens.
And in my position, it's something I deal with every day.
I'm able to re-grab some of that information
and I can really apply it on a daily basis.