project-management-software

I recently needed to get a new job for the spring

semester. I searched the web listing for all of the

directory jobs that are offered in the next semester.

There were tons of Teaching Assistant positions and

even more positions for student janitors of each of

the lab classes. Since I didn't want to deal with

either complaining undergraduates, or clean up sea

monkeys in biology labs.  Then I looked at the more

office centered positions. When I got to the tech

positions there were a whole group of listings for the

college project
management software development.  The

first position on the list was a position of a graphic

designer for the campus' new project management

software. Since I had just finished my minor in

graphic design I figured that I would certainly be

qualified enough for a position like this.

       I applied for the position
and in two weeks I

recieved a notice that I had been accepted.  I was

very excited to hear the news, but it was quickly

followed by the feeling that I would probably be

working with many other people who had many years more

experience in the field than I would after I was done

with this job.  All of my fears were quickly silenced

when I actually showed up for my first day of work.

My first impression was that all of the people who

worked there were so cool and easy going.  This seemed

like it was going to be a great job if every day was

like this one.  After introductions, I was briefed on

my actual assignment, which was to be a designer for

the project tracking
section of the web based
project

management system that the cumpus hoped to use for the

next year.  They layed out all of the specific detais

and requirements for the program which at that point

were just ideas. It was going to be up to me to bring

their ideas to life from scratch, mainly because they

wanted a freash look and design without the aid of any

type of template programs. Basically, they were

looking for an award winning program to sell to other

universities.  There was such a high level of energy

from the entire staff that I said it would be no

problem for us to complete the project on time; boy

was I mistaken.