Job Shadowing Altima Inc.
5/3/13

At  the Dayton Regional STEM School, students are provided many opportunities throughout the year in order to get involved with a certain career path, to learn more about a specific field, or to generally acquire knowledge. One of the many things DRSS does is provide "Job Shadowing" days for students.

This last Friday was a Job Shadowing day for the 9th and 10th graders at DRSS. I had the opportunity of spending the day with Aptima Inc. (http://www.aptima.com/) staff with several other classmates attending the job shadowing at their building. Throughout the day, we had all participated in a number of activites and tours around the building such as a demonstration / overview of what Aptima does as well as performing a presentation on how we (three groups of three people each) would make math a more enjoyable subject for those who do not find it applicable or fun.

One such event was during lunch, where we had the opportunity of asking questions in an interview-like fashion to Altima employees. Questions often involved what their career paths required of them, such as levels of education and dedication / self-application to the job. I had personally asked of a current programmer there of what prerequisites he had to being employed, how mentally demanding is his job, and what he liked most about it.

Aptima Inc. Dayton building:

Aptima, Inc.
3100 Presidential Drive, Suite 220Fairborn, OH 45324