Shane T Fowler

My experience at Tonic was great, I made connections that I will keep throughout my entire career. I was not really sure what to expect going into the internship but I had a learned a lot throughout my entire experience and it really showed me what I wanted to do to start my career. I stayed on part time in the fall semester but then stopped…[Read more]

Things that I have learned in the classroom that I used throughout my internship was the web development skills(MIS 3501), document business requirements(MIS 3506), and project management skills(MIS 3535). During my internship, I did not write any code, but there were times where I had to understand the code and what it was doing and learning…[Read more]

The most important tip I can give to be able to handle school work and the internship is to work ahead of time as well as use google calendar. I would try and get any school work I had to do done a few days ahead of time so then I could worry about actual work only. At times when I had a lot going on I would always use google calendar so that I…[Read more]

While interning at Tonic the most important skill I needed was communication skills. I was expecting to use my leadership skills more than communication skills however I had to use my communication skills to know how I should communicate with coworkers based on whether they liked to be directly approached or if I should just slack them. Also, I…[Read more]

Some lessons I learned during my internship is to make sure I am always organized and how to deal with different kinds of people. During my internship, I would be working on multiple projects and I would have a lot of work to do. I would use google calendar a lot to manage my time efficiently so that I can do my work as well as attend meetings or…[Read more]

During my internship, one of the things I had to figure out on my own was the dress code and when the appropriate time was for lunch. My first week at my internship I would dress in business casual and try to present myself more formally. After a few weeks, I realized that the dress code was just casual and people were allowed to wear what they…[Read more]

Hi everyone,
I worked at Tonic Design Co. and a Client Services intern for their Client Services department. Tonic Design Co. is a technology agency that creates mobile, web, and voice applications for other companies. During my internship, I worked on a variety of projects using project management and business analyst skills. For example, I…[Read more]

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Americans and Cybersecurity

The article is titled “Americans and Cybersecurity” and talks about how Americans feel about their information being on the Internet. The article talked about the hacking of information such as the release of emails, the release of testing records of the World Anti-Doping…[Read more]

The conventional wisdom statement I chose is , “Behavior is controlled more by your environment than your willpower.” In order to collect data for this conventional wisdom statement, I would find data of crime rates from people in a more violent city and compare it to the data of crime rates in a less violent city. By collecting these sets of…[Read more]