Making Progress on the Job

Prepping for Big Event - Jan 30th

Office Hours

Every week, each programmer is assigned 3 office hours (total) to tend to each week. In the case of preparing for a big event, you could very well go over those 3 hours. One of our biggest events of the semester was "A Night in Casino City." To prepare for this we needed all hands on deck prior to the event, so most of my office hours consisted of gathering material for the event.

Day of the Event

In the world of event planning, collaborating with other company's is not unusual. So, of course, in this event we collaborated with a company called TJohnE, a booking a production company. They supplied all the Casino equipment needed. The day of the event, my job was to help put the set together. When the event came later that night, I was in charge of handling the chips/money. 

What I Learned

This was a real learning experience for me, as it was the biggest event that I have had to work on in my 22 years of living. This was a more demanding event, but still very much hands on. I learned that time is not to be wasted in the event planning field. We had to put together a set with casino tables in a matter of hours, including the carrying of heavy supplies into the building to get into the elevator. However, some of the equipment cases would be too heavy to ride onto the elevator which cause improvising by taking items out separately. I also learned the craft of casino money, which was an interesting experience.