Maya Nibbe

4-29-2022

Informational Interview Essay

Context: At the start of the semester, I took a test/survey that measured my attributes as well as my interests, then combined the two to find careers that fit me best. Turns out (to my genuine shock), my top three best-fit careers according to this $20 survey thingy my career counselor had me do were all math/science based. I guess it makes sense, as I do like to build things and am very logic-oriented over socially/feeling-oriented, but I am still genuinely surprised that I am apparently perfectly fit to be an engineer. 

Using this information, I chose the most well-paying career (Computer Programmer) as something to base my informational interview on. And, long story short, my career counselor used this information to introduce me to professor Doug Lundin of ACC Castle Rock, who has worked with computers since the late 1970s, doing everything from Cybersecurity to website developing. 

So, I met Professor Lundin over zoom. In this paper, I said the call only lasted a half hour, but in reality, it lasted for an hour because Professor Lundin, halfway through, noticed my turkey feather fan mounted on the wall behind me, and wanted to talk about hunting/fishing with me. Which, frankly, was awesome but irrelevant to my paper. Still, he did answer my questions/concerns, and I feel a little better about going into a math/science/logic heavy career (though, I'm still extremely under-confident and sadly believe I'm far too stupid to do anything except rot in my mom's basement till I die). 

But... I digress. 

Oh, and I think I'll drive to Castle Rock for his classes. Just gotta get over my fear of highways.