HyTrust Summer Support

Internship Overview
August 18, 2015
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Connor Riva:
Support Intern

Mentors/Supervisors

Scott Carlson - Supervisor

We all know what he looks like
Also he is good at keeping his
face off the internet
Brian Sander
Knowledge Base Project Mentor

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Christopher Hill
KnowledgeControl Project Mentor

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Walkthrough of Presentation

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Overview of
internship

Internship
Timeline

Conclusion

Dive into each

part of the
timeline

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Internship Overview
Learning Goal 5
During the course of this internship I learned about the different components of a
company and saw more of how they all fit together
Was able to work/talk with a variety of different people and build upon my
communication skills within the workplace.
Learning Goal 6
I also learned about my skill sets and where I thrive (or fail) personally in terms of
Technical Writing
Web development

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Timeline

First Weeks /
Learning

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KB
Introduction

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KB
Writing

Evolution
from KB
to HTKC

HTKC

First Weeks - The getting to know you phase

Weeks 1-4
Learning Goal 1: Gaining knowledge about HTCC, HTDC, and writing tech articles.
Reading HTCC Installation & Admin guides
Reading HTDC Admin guide
Practice articles
A lot of reading
Learning Goal 2: Gaining knowledge about virtualization
Register for VCA-DCV VMware class online
Complete VCA-DCV class and passed test to receive certification
A lot more reading

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KB Introduction - The Relationship with HTCC and HTDC

Week 5
Introduced to the entirety of the KB Project
by Brian.
The amount of articles published at this
point was low 20s.
Was shown
the process of the KB article life span
the HTML template
the CSS code
Learning Goal 4
Noticed shortcomings in the KB workflow,
suggested edits
Github integration for easier transferal of articles between writers and for history of
revisions.
Edited the HTML/CSS templates to be simpler, and so Brian didnt have to put so much
work into each article.
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KB Writing - The Proposal

Weeks 6-7
Transferred all previously written articles to the new HTML template
Started plugging away at writing different articles, working with Brian (Learning goal 4, 6)

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Evolution from KB to HTKC - The Marriage Begins

Week 7
Scott asked for ability to comment on articles - AnnotatorJS was a start
Scott asked for article revision history - GitHub
Scott asked for comments to be stored locally - getting harder
Scott asked for comments to have name of who commented we need a Database
Result - Ruby on Rails application started
Got annotatorJS plug in
working for the rails app
gave a prototype presentation
to CTO and others.
I hit a wall in my knowledge
Scott asked Chris for help
HTKC was born

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HyTrust KnowledgeControl - The Baby is Born

Weeks 8-10
Learning Goal 3:
Learned about
APIs
Back-end vs Front-end Separation
via APIs
Ruby-on-Rails Back-end
Front-end Development Frameworks
AngularJS, JavaScript
Saw a lot of my shortcomings here
Hit many walls in my own understandings in which Chris was able to walk me
through by example so I may progress further.
shows lots of room for growth on my part, but also a lot of what I have learned in a
few short weeks
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Conclusion - Till death do us part

I am happy with how this internship turned out.
What I have learned in terms of the workforce I believe is a great mindset to be in as I
enter my last year of college.
Diving deeply into building a portfolio of projects that correlate with what I wish to do
as a career
I think I might like to become a graphic designer for UI/UX development
I have learned that clear communication to co-workers is key so that no
misunderstandings take happen
I have learned much in terms of what it means to make a quality software product.
I learned much about the work environment I am most productive in.
Working with Multiple mentors, I learned about how different people work different ways
and learned more of how to place myself into their context to effectively communicate

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What will be included in my E-portfolio

Updated Resume
Updated Learning Contract
Sample Articles I have written (Screenshots as well as the HTML code)
Screenshots of the KC project in its current state.
Placement journals
Midterm Reading Report on The Learn Startup by Eric Ries
Response to Parker Palmer Book
Informational Interview Summaries

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Thank You!

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