Jaquelyn Hernandez
Essay 4
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IT Job Interview
In
my personal Interview with John Wilfred (not his real name) I asked him a
varies amount of questions about his job and what his views on technology were.
Wilfred works at Weber State University in the tech lab. He had read the book “The
world is Flat” by Thomas L. Friedman and as very familiar with it when I began
to talk about it.
I
asked Wilfred what had gotten him interested in Technology and why he Studied Technology.
Wilfred explained that he had gotten into Technology because of his father
around the age of five years old. His father bought a computer and had allowed
his son to play and connect with it. His father even had a stack of computer
parts and would allow Wilfred to tinker with them. As a result Technology became a big part of
Wilfred’s life.
Do
to the fact that Wilfred’s father had allowed is son to become interested in
Technology, Wilfred had developed a natural ability to work with programing and
computer software. He enjoys seeing the
result that computers have for people. He enjoys seeing how computers help
people become successful. He hopes to work in the business of computer
programing and make a different in how things happen.
When
I asked Wilfred’s opinion about what he thought about “The world is Flat” by
Thomas L. Friedman he said that he greatly believed that Friedman was right on
the mark. He believes that the world is becoming flatter. He believes that the
3.0 world (the tiniest of worlds is Friedman’s book) has caused the world to nearly
become completely flat. Wilfred states that the internet is bringing people
together in a way that we are all going to be at the same level. Wilfred said
that most likely, “the only thing that separates people now is the language barriers”.
Even
then, Google is creating a new section to their system. This new section is the
Google translator, however, they are attempting to gather people to answer telephones
and translate languages for costumers. The original Google translator only has
typing ability and at times gives an incorrect translation. However, Wilfred
also expresses how he fears for people’s ability to entertain themselves without
a computer or a gaming system. He strongly hopes that technology will take us
to a better place without us forgetting our natural strengths.
The beginning of Wilfred with his passion for technology similar to the beginning of the most of us, "Parents"! :)
ReplyDeleteOh how I wish I'd had a computer when I was younger! I didn't buy my first computer until I was 26! I've still always loved them though.
ReplyDeleteI have has a similar experience. As I was about 10 years old my parents bought there first computer with Windows 95. I was always curious how it worked and messing around with it, but did not care about programs or games.
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