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Professional Interview
Dylan Ionnotti
Block: 2
Interviewee
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Christina Stout
Field
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Electrical
Date of Interview
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Location of Interview
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General Information
I interviewed Christina Stout (Initial contact via email). She has a degree in
electrical engineering however she is a software engineer and development
director for MaxPlay Game Development Suite.
Professional Interview
(Question-answer format)
Q: Christina, could you please describe the field of software engineering in general?
A: So software engineering is building software applications or embedded software
for devices and building it in a way that is scalable and easily maintainable and
efficient.
Q: Ok, this is the last question. What advice would you give to me as someone
interested in pursuing a career path similar to yours?
A: Do good in school. And do what I just said; try to get a lot of experience. The
biggest thing, seriously, is while youre going to school get some type of internship.
Do stuff in your spare time, find some hobbies like working with hardware. Get some
little setup, like, some microcontroller and do some stuff with that. Whatever your
Personal Reflection
a. What surprised you the most about the interview?
The only thing that surprised me was that it wasnt as awkward as I had expected it
to be, however everything else went as I suspected it would.
b. What was the most important piece of information that you learned from the
interview?
The information I found most valuable was advice on internships and what to plan
for in college. Meaning that I enjoyed hearing what Christina would have done
differently so that I can think about what I should do so that I get the most out of
my school years.
c. How has this interview influence your feelings about your future career?
It really has not affected me in any way other than the fact that it has made me
realize the reality of where I am in life now and how I need to start planning for my
future.
d. How has this interview changed or confirmed your plans regarding your
future career?
The interview did not discourage me from becoming an engineer. If anything I am
now even more enthusiastic about becoming an engineer now that I have more
information from sources outside of school.
e. My next step would to be to start looking into companies that involve the
fields of engineering that I am interested in (Electrical, Mechanical,
Architecture) and see if they do internships so that I could start building
experience.