Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning's End

The events described bellow took place during the last week of Junior Bootcamp - week of August 3

 

And so begins the final stretch of four weeks known as Junior Bootcamp. With only five days left, a pot of mixed feelings started to brew among many of the new IMLP’s:

• Relieved, to be done with the month-long Junior Bootcamp session and survived
• Sadness, for not knowing when would be the next time we’ll see our newly – yet strongly – forged friendships
• Excited, to finally start our first rotation and put to the test all what he have learned at bootcamp
• Stressed, knowing that in just a few days we will have to present our final deliverables to upper-level GE managers

As the last week marches on, every group works furiously to complete their code as much as they can while other focused on updating the financials from the previous presentation or work on putting together the actual material that will be presented. With so much that needs to be done…we only had four days to complete all of this! (since Friday was the final presentation and ‘graduation’ ceremony).

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The Hammer, The Nail and The Crowbar

Before you read the post below, understand that the next two posts are from the last two weeks of bootcamp This is due to the recent transition from WordPress to Squarespace. This post in particular was written about the start of the 3rd week of bootcamp (around July 27th) Enjoy!

How many IMLP’s does it take to build a fence? Well first we take a look at the As - is process flow map. After carefully analyzing it we proceed to LEAN out any unnecessary processes and increase productivity then using the Valley Stream Maps……

With the second week of IMLP bootcamp over it meant it was time for the involuntary, volunteer community service scheduled for every 6 months for bootcamp. A trip to Green Chimneys (a school for special needs children) was in order to help build a fence, paint, do some gardening and digging, and of course spread the IMLP love.

Well, a short bus ride, and a long wait in traffic brought us to our location where we met with the founder of Green Chimneys for a brief introduction and history of the school. After that Green Chimneys didn’t waste any time putting us to work.  

We were split into three groups: One for the fencing, one for some gardening and digging, and one to some painting. Despite the splinters, rashes, cuts, bruises and tetanus shots, it was actually a lot of fun. Put around 60 Type-A technology personalities into a manual labor situation and some interesting things happen.

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...Life After Graduation (from an '09 College Grad)

Hi! I'm Maurice Williams, a 2009 graduate with a degree Computer Science from WPI .  My post-college plans are to work with GE Capital (commercial finance) out of Danbury, CT as an IMLP.

I stumbled (or googled) across the IMLP blog as well as other fellow IMLP's and GE employees on Twitter while doing some background research on the program. This helped me get a feel for what to expect from working at a large and diverse company like GE.

Unlike most IMLP's, I will not have to relocate until my second rotation; this is because I am currently living in Norwalk, CT which is about 22 miles south the GE's Danbury office.

The time is drawing short, and my first day of orientation is getting near. As the days pass by, a storm of mixed emotions is taking place inside of me.

On one hand, I'm a little sad to be done with school and been able to spend as much time with my friends as we used to, but on the other I'm excited to venture on to a new journey while growing and achieve my goals and as watching my friends achieve theirs.

I am also looking forward to making new friends during bootcamp and contributing the other side-projects while on my rotations.

 There is no doubt that this is a very exciting yet uncertain point of every recent college graduate's life, but as I move on and welcome everything the future has instored for me, I keep the following quote in mind: “Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.”

Guest Blogger: 1st Rotation IMLP Maurice Williams

[Editor's Note: You may be seeing more of Maurice in our blog as time passes, as he's interested in joining our team!]