Student Group Tour - 2/26/10

February 26, 2010 - 10am, Company: Bluefish Wireless ( http://www.bluefishwireless.net/ ), Presentation & Tour (approx 1-2 hours), Up to 15 students, Target: Informatics & Media Arts Science - Developers

February 26, 2010 - 2pm, Company: Innovative i ( http://www.insidethei.com/ ), Presentation & Tour (includes a view of a Screen Room)

Up to 15 students, Target Students: Media Arts & Science

Today was awesome! I got to go on a student group tour to Bluefish Wireless and Innovative. As you know Beth Haggenjos is our IUPUI Career Advisor. She has been organizing these trips for us. It is all about networking! I am ready to graduate! I am only 2 months away from graduating from my Masters Degree in New Media Arts & Science. It is time to find a good paying job! It is time to get my life started! I met with several other students on campus. Our first stop was a company called Bluefish Wireless Management. It was founded in 2001. They started out as a retail store for cell phones. Then they moved to their corporate offices in 2002. They work with a company called Sprint. They make their money off of commissions. I found that very interesting. They also work with other famous companies like IBM, Kellogg’s Cereal, Government Agencies, CISCO, etc. The guy there told us about a system they developed in which they called "Chuck Norris". They said Chuck Norris kicks butt and this system does too! LOL Most of the interns there that became full time employees told us a lot of interesting things. One you have to get your foot in the door somehow. That is key! You got to network! The best way to do this is to enter into an internship. That is what I have been doing, but haven't had much luck of landing a full time position. So far I have been in 3 internships. One of the guys said that most of your learning happens on the job site. School can only teach you so much. I have heard that before. I can't wait to finish school! Can you believe it? Me, Rick J. Morris will have a Masters Degree. Now how many people can say that? I am planning on having a big open house!

The next big company we went to was a company called Innovative. The outside of the building was not as fancy as bluefish, but the inside was pretty cool. They showed us the latest informatics new media projects they have been working on. They have been developing projects such as video promotions for the 2011 and 2012 Super Bowls. As you know Indy (Indianapolis, IN) We are going to be hosting the Super Bowl in 2012. I think that is awesome! Just think Our City is going to be going to converted into a Football Paradise. I got to see first hands the big plans of how all the streets downtown are going to be turned into what reminds me of a carnival. They are going to have rides and everything. The buildings even are going to be decorated in Football decorations. They even made videos for our Indiana Pacers Basketball Team. They told us always beware you might think the project kicks butt, but the client however might have other ideas. They had developed a pin ball machine advertisement for the Pacers. The client didn't get it so they had to redo the whole project. They went with the monster basketball players downtown playing a little b ball and them crashing down on Conseco Fieldhouse. It was awesome! I see why they chose that one over the other. We got to go on a tour of both places. This company in particular had cool offices. They had little toys on their desks and on shelves. They even were the designers of some of the Children's Musuem Exhibits. I had a blast! It was fun! On my birthday this coming Monday March 1st I will be going on yet another tour.