#bacconnex2023

To being able to experience and be part of an office culture, for a week. It has been an amazing week in my career to self-discovery.

Thank you all for the amazing week and all the activities you guys planned for us.

The best mentor possible 

First of all I would like to thank Brenna for amazing opportunity at DCAMM .

She was extremely organized and planned a very effective week at DCAMM giving us the opportunity to meet such an abundant group of employees from different departments. 

Having the chance to explore the workspace and understand what are the struggles and benefits of each profession needed the communication and planning skills Brenna provided to us.

Seeing the abundance of positions influenced me to rethink on my educational decisions , opening an acknowledgment on what steps to take throughout my education. Seeing me question those steps Brenna provided questions and time in our meetings with each department so we can act on our decisions with the correct information from the best possible source.

She also created an environment where I felt as a part of DCAMM like I have been working in the firm for a long time.my team had the chance to discuss and cooperate with each other due to the freedom given to us .

we realized this sense of connectivity between all employees at DCAMM.

Wow

What an amazing week we had, from shadowing meetings, and exploring a little from every team at nbbj, to site visits portfolio reviews and walking around following engineers do their thing. I really wasn't expecting to get so much exposure from different fronts in so little time. I am deeply thankful for everyone at nbbj, specially Anna.

Also i want to thank my buddy ~ I haven't meet many people so devoted to their own personal growth, being constant and able to step out of your comfort zone to gain experience and a new vision of things is so scary at times and my buddy just did it for a whole week.

Perspective it's really all you need in life, isn't it.

Thanks for all the other group members that presented their experiences on their firms. You all rock ~

Thanks George for the photos :D

( also sorry for the delay, it was brought to my attention i posted this on my personal instead of the BAC acc)

inspiration / hope / transformation

Sometimes during our path of students we give for granted a lot of the opportunities where we are allowed to stop, take a breather, analyze the problem and construct something new. This week showed me how good mentorship and teamwork allows you to do this even under stress and work scenarios.

We had a couple of site visits and portfolio review today, and honestly every experience after the other kept changing my POV over the architectural field. So many approaches and visions colliding and forging one project its really inspiring.

This year I’m committed to seeking out more mentors that will guide me on my path to becoming an architect and project manager.

The most important quality and skill that a mentor should have is being able to listen to the mentee with any problems or any hopes that they may have and be able to have the time to be able to guide them towards the path that they want to take. In turn a mentee, should be able to listen to the mentor and be able to accept constructive criticism. Also be able to tell your mentor the path that you see for yourself.

At DCAMM we learn that the way that the departments are set up you always have some to report back to. That person is your point of contact and they have way that they communicate. For example, they have biweekly meetings where theres talk about the projects but also about career development and how they can be on a way they can land that role that they hope for in the future.