Week 7-10 @ GA: Better Late than Never

Well, it was bound to happen... I only made it 7 weeks blogging consistently. So here is the past 4 weeks in warp speed.

Week 7 @ GA, my mom came to visit and provided a nice break from 100% GA life and we got to do a lot of stuff that I hadn't been able to since being here. Probably the best part was our day trip to San Diego. We were only there for about 6 hours, but we were able to hit the highlights and have a great time. We walked around Old Town, the Gaslamp Quarter, Seaport Village, and got to see the USS Midway.

My mom's last night in LA we drove up the PCH to Malibu and had a nice dinner with an ocean view. The drive up the PCH was incredible - you don't get views like that many other places in the country.

Week 8-10 @ GA: We had just completed our online portfolios and started working on our client projects. I was put in a group to work on a company based out of San Francisco called GeriJoy. It's is a software that provides companionship for seniors via a virtual pet. It's a really unique product that has generated a lot of buzz in the medical/tech world so it was a really interesting to work on. The ask was to redesign the website to increase conversion and I believe what we delivered was pretty solid and the client seemed pretty happy during the presentation this past Thursday.


Week 9 @ GA: Last week started with my 26th birthday and looking back at my 25th birthday I would've never guessed that I would be living in California for it. I enjoyed a nice, relaxing day at the beach and in class the next day we celebrated with donuts (yum :)) and they were all super sweet enough to get me a StubHub gift card to see an LA Galaxy game :) Overall, pretty great birthday. 

Week 10 @ GA: This past week was really great. We finished up our client project and had our presentation on Thursday followed by a class dinner and arcade games at Santa Monica Pier. And yesterday was our last day, which was of course celebrated with champagne, speeches, gifts, and some pretty awesome dance moves. 






I absolutely can't believe that these 10 weeks went by so quickly, but somehow I feel like I have grown so much. This experience was incredible and I'm so happy to have taken the opportunity to change my path. And now it's officially time to buckle down and find a job. I had a phone interview with a digital agency in St. Louis last week and I have an interview in San Diego next week. I have no idea where I'll end up in few short weeks, but it's sure to be another adventure.

For anyone that's interested, my online portfolio can be found at uxshannon.com. (Note: It still needs some polishing.)