Adult Interview: Cathy and David Cook

1. Details of Interview: I interviewed Cathy Cook and David Cook my parents.
2. What is their job title?
• My mom's job title is Design Development Technician.
• My dad's job title Director of Information Technology.
3. What are some of their responsibilities?
• My mom's responsibilities are to use computer aided drafting to provide engineering documentation.
• My dad's responsibilities are managing the information technology department at Paramount Health Care.
4. What type of education was needed to obtain this job?
• My mom's education was a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Graphics with a minor in General Business.
• My dad's education was a Bachelor of Business Administration or Computer Science.
5. Was there any "on-the-job training" in addition to formal education?
• My mom had to do a six month internship in Computer Aided Drafting.
• My dad to have five years in information technology.
6. What are the hours worked and number of days worked?
• My mom works eight hours a day Monday through Friday.
• My dad works eight hours a day Monday through Friday.
7. Do they work overtime?  If so how are they compensated for overtime?
• Yes, sometimes my mom works overtime and gets a time in a half hourly wage.
• Yes, but my dad does not get payed for overtime.
8. Dress code: what is typical for the average worker?  Do higher management dress differently?
• In my mom's work a typical worker in engineering wear professional clothing and higher management dress the same.
• In my dad's work a typical worker wears business casual and higher management wear professional business attire.
9. What are some things they like about their job?
• My mom likes drawing, designing tools to help assemble products, working with engineers and machinists, and writing CAD and manufacturing procedures.
• My dad likes the challenge, working with computers, and pay day.
10. What things do they dislike about their job?
• My mom dislikes cleaning her desk and missing deadlines.
• My dad dislikes disciplining staff.
11. What is the average starting pay for this type of job?
• The average starting pay for my mom's job is $20-$25 per hour, or $40,000-$50,000 a year.
• The average starting pay for my dad's job is $100,000 a year.
12. Do they get benefits?  If so, what kind of benefits?
• Yes, my mom gets health and dental benefits, payed vacation, and 401K Investments.
• Yes, my dad gets health anddental benefits, payed vacation, and 401K Investments.

My Final Bucket List Move

In this project, for my computer class, we made a bucket list. First we came up with 10 things to be on the bucket list, then we found more information on these items and recorded the websites we used to find the information. From that we made a script that we recorded on the program call Audacity. Next we found pictures that would go without recordings and put their long URL's into a website call Bitly to make them shorter. To make the video above we used the program called Movie Mark, but it was tricky. First we had to add all the pictures that we found and estimate the order need to go with the recordings. Next we added one at a time the recording and make the pictures go with them. I liked writing about what I like and also learning more about things, but I still had troubles. When I read from a paper it helps that it is about something I like but sometimes I would stumble over word and I not the animated when I read in front of a computer. I could also these this programs for the videos my family does for the YMCA swim team but otherwise I would rather present what I was doing in front of the people I'm giving it to. That is how I feel about the project.