All good things have to come to an end! Unfortunately that time has come on our San Franciso trip. Sadly we also had to say goodbye to our driver, Calvin, and our beloved tour guide, Lance! His wisdom and knowledge will surely be missed! Friday we started with a two-and-a-half hour bike tour of...
Continue readingApple, Google, and the Computer History Museum
Wow, what another exciting day for Thursday March 31st! First we started out at the Apple Campus, where we met up with another MFS Alumni who offered us access to many Apple experts, who explained the culture and how they got there. Midday we visited the Computer History Museum, where we saw the...
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Another exciting day, today we explored Facebook and learned all about what it’s like to be an employee there and how to become one. We were also treated to lunch in the courtyard of their incredible campus. We then went to the Tesla showroom to learn about the technology behind a Tesla car! The...
Continue readingMFS Alumni paying it forward!
Today our first stop was at Coursera. We met Mrs. Barna’s son, Peter (MFS Alumni ’11) in front of their headquarters. We learned all about Coursera’s mission and how they plan to accomplish it. We experienced first hand a true startup tech company and its culture. Our next stop was to Symantec....
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San Francisco: Burgers, Bridges, and Bubba Gump’s
Monday our journey began when we woke up at 3:30 AM to get to school by 4:30 AM. After our six hour flight we met up with Lance, our tour guide, and Calvin, our bus driver. From there we went to the much desired In-N-Out Burger for lunch. We then went over the Golden...
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California Here We Come!
Just a few more days and we’ll be off to explore San Francisco and the tech companies in the Bay Area. ...
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