Topics.
The less technical side of my internship was spent pondering these three absurdly disconnected ideas that seemed like they had enough weight to become topics I would keep track of throughout my internship:
The Pros and Cons of a Remote Internship.
Obviously the elephant in the room. I did not expect to be given permission to work remotely as a Wheaton in Chicago student, as there is an immense focus on working and living in place, in community. This topic will draw from ideas presented by the paper Placing Vocation by Dr. Karen Johnson which was produced in the Opus Vocation Scholars program, now known as Center for Faith and Innovation Scholars.
A Christian Perspective on the Insurance Industry.
The insurance industry is a strange animal. At it’s most basic level it represents a way for individuals or businesses to “insure” their amassed material possessions. To protect what wealth they have acquired from adverse scenarios and forces with more wealth. I want to think a little about how the protection of material possession interacts with what the Bible has to say about money and prosperity. This theme will draw heavily from Dr Enoch Hill’s paper submitted for the Center for Faith and Innovation titled Can Money Buy Happiness?
Tech Startups and Entrepreneurship.
Timezones, scrums, zoom calls, slack vs email dynamics and everything in between, This theme wrestles with what’s great about working an an early stage development team and what I learned from it. This was my first time working on a team with seasoned software developers and working on a startup. During my internship, Wunderite participated in the Startup Accelerator, TechStars Boston, and because this program moved online in February due to COVID-19, I was able to join all team meetings and hear from the other participating startups.