Project FAT

Sadly, this is going to be my last post here. I would like to thank everyone for bringing their knowledge and talents to the project FAT. I wouldn’t have made it without these guys. They are great and I’m going to miss them. Before we say goodbyes I would like to run you down through my final thoughts on this.

This project was a really big opportunity for me to learn a lot – and I did – in ways I didn’t expect. Let me start by saying that not only this kind of teamwork was new and challenging for me, but the cultural aspect of it was very fresh for me and I had to get used to it – but that’s a great experience which really develops you in new ways.

This was one of the most intense projects ever. First few weeks were pretty normal, having fun & chilling. I think that we started to build and implement our prototypes quite late, which caused me some fears. However, as you can see, deadlines and comments from our teachers work very well for us, because we were able to motivate and finish everything.

While this project has been stressful and unexpected sometimes, I have enjoyed my tasks in the team.

The Team

All team members come from different countries, have different skills, interests, their own ideas and point of thinking, so there was a lot of talking, brainstorming and testing.

I like them, they are a bit weird (which is positive), you can talk to them about everything and keep joking. And they have a lot of knowledge on topics that I don’t know! I could learn from them. Sometimes we were too relaxed – it caused some dissipation and focusing not on the project, but anyway I prefer a more relaxed atmosphere than a more serious and tense one. What’s more – we have finished everything, even being distracted!

Teamwork also maximizes shared knowledge in the workplace and helps me learn new skills I can use for the rest of my career. And in-between all of this, you’re working on your own personal learning goals, which is great in my opinion.

I think everyone did their job well. Everyone had different skills and I’m happy with my team members.

Personal goals

I learned the things that I set as a goal. I did some things related to graphics and visualizations. But the main goal was programming. I really learned a lot in this area. I’ve learned a lot of things related to software and hardware. My task was to program and I am glad that I succeeded. And in addition, I had the opportunity to explore more Unity and Arduino. There were some difficult moments but I managed it, I’m still alive and I have a lot of new knowledge and experience.

I have learned a lot, including tons of small things such as things related to the promotion, conversations with the client/teachers, creating the profile of our project as best as possible, responsibility AND OF COURSE, communication, seriously.

Guys have pointed out that I don’t speak too much, even when you can see that I want to. Well, this is one of my terrible disadvantages and now I have had the opportunity to fix it. This project really makes me a better man.

I am so glad I participated in this, get to know great people and making awesome stuff together which I couldn’t have if I did it on my own. I also understood that not everything can be done alone and it is also worth working in a group because you can learn a lot of new things from others.

I’m really happy that I had the pleasure of going to school here for half a year and that I now have such a great team. I’m sure it will give me a lot for the future.

Overall, I think this project has been extremely satisfying and productive, even though it had its ups and downs, both regarding the team and the installation but hey – I will remember it as a very valuable experience and lesson for the future.

Izabela

@izabelatyprowicz