southern power

tell me about yourself

-junior mercer ee student

-gtri

-drawn towards ee circuits and wanted to work in renewables

-hands on learning so that’s why field work mentioned in your job descriptions interest me

-thats why I was excited to speak with u guys today

why southern power

commitment to affordability,especially for a company thats responsible for the majority of georgia power. I also think they stand out from all other companies committed to renewables by their net zero goal by 2050.

challenge you faced

gtri we had an instrumental member of a project leave.

I was tasked with taking over his drawing which were extremely complex because I was unfamiliar with the hardware it was based on

-i could only learn as much as I could from there.

-linkedin learning and studied the hardware in the lab

how do you work in a team

-communicate effectively and actively listening

tell me about a time you work in a team

in circuits lab when circuits go wrong even though on paper they are perfect. components and equipment is finicky old and sensitive to noise. its important not to get hot headed or lose your temper. you should communicate effectively, brainstorm, and troublshoot. we see teams that do shut down and stop communicating just because it can get so frustrating.

demonstrated leadership

Camp Humphrey, where we taught stem concepts to 4th graders. We were teaching catapult, windmill, and circuit, I volunteered to be the leader of our circuit class. we taught them about electricity, current, LEDs, and conductivity. we ran into mishap where the leds of parallel circuits wouldn’t work. the biggest takeaway from this experience is that you need to have a good team behind the works. make sure everyone is on the same page, and everyone is communicating effectively. the minute a circuit wouldn’t work, they were calling my name and left and right and you gotta be able to think on the spot and adapt when things go wrong.

strength and weakness

Strength is that I try to be very aware about myself and my own areas of strengths and weaknesses so that I’m constantly trying to improve and able to be transparent with my team on mistakes and discussing how I overcame it or plan to.

when things get super busy, I'm not great at self enforcing a cut off for myself on how long I work or how many things I take on. It can lead to burn out, so I try to call it out when I see it, but I'm not as quick to recognize it as I could be.