Peter

Peter’s discussion during class on Thursday was excellent. Since I do not come from a technical background, I had no idea how webpage content is stored or how companies such as godengo.com partner with several specialty firms to push that content to individual users. It is a really fascinating system and I find it amazing how firms specialize in one niche of the process. This level of specialization could lead to a fragmented system, but the way Peter described it, it appears quite integrated and fluid.

I also appreciated Peter talking to us about being an effective manager. Particularly, I appreciated him calling out the importance of knowing how to interview and attract talent. I am doing a fellowship next year and because of Peter, when I talk to my future boss next month, I am going to request that I be part of the interview process for several different prospective employees. It seems so obvious, but when I looked back over my work experience, I had only been involved in directly hiring one person. I also appreciated his guidance to get comfortable dealing with anyone. I have worked hard over the last couple of years and during my two internships to get more comfortable with senior leaders in an organization. I believe it paid off because part of the interview process for my fellowship was presenting to the leadership team (all the C’s and VPs) of a $2+ billion organization. I still have a long way to go, but this point really hit home for me.

Thank you Peter for taking the time to speak to our class and I hope you will continue to be a guest lecturer in Doug’s class. We want to learn and you have a wealth of experience and knowledge to impart onto us.