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Page 1: Uriah Burhans - WSI

WSI Internship Summer ’11

Uriah BurhansSenior Lyndon Atmo Sci Major

November 10th, 2011

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WSI, Inc

“The Disruptive Weather Company”

Owned by same Corp. that runs NBC/Comcast

Located in N. Andover, Ma

Private industry

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WSI Products

Forecasts forAviationEnergyAny number of specialized clients

Media ProductsTV Weather graphics TruVu Titan and Max

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My Summer here

Stumbled upon this internship through a NESC conversation with a LSC Alumni

Started a week after school ended, finished in August

Worked with SQA testing

Unpaid Internship

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SQA Testing

5 testers plus me in the SQA Super Cubical! Varying backgrounds and degrees

Worked closely with the Systems Engineers and Designers who create/build the productTesting out WSI Media Products

Specifically TruVu Max versions 2.0+Each day new versions come out, and the new fixes/products need to be tested

Are they fixed?What new broke?What can be Improved?

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Quaker Smash

Daily routine come in, load in new version, break things,

10am team meeting, bust things, eat lunch, break more things, go home

Basic order of how things are made/tested/fixedEngineers code in new feature that goes into new version that I download and test

Test it = break it, bend it, try it with other features,

If I break it goes back to engineers to be fixed-sometimes led to fairly…heated debates

If I can’t break it move on to the next feature

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What I learned

Anything that involves Computers…..

8hr work day, with job responsibilities and deadlines

Working in a field of Wx related to but not specifically what I already know/do

In the end, its not all about what you learn out of a book or class, but how you apply it and use it in the real world

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WEATHER SCENES!

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Don’t be Bashful, be Bold

You never know when things will turn up

If anything, take a chance to learn something new