Formal Report So Far

Research

Research for my formal report was actually painless using my contacts from my time in industry and in Computer Science at UBC. As I am at the end of my degree I have made many contacts, friends, and acquaintances and was able to get lots of responses, interest and buzz around my surveys to get quality results. On top of that, my colleagues from past internships and work experience provided me with excellent insight during out interviews that I can’t thank them enough for.

Organization

Organizing a report like that was relatively simply given the assignment before it was to lay out all the headings and the general structure of the report. Following the guidelines, I was able to know exactly where I wanted my data, findings, and visuals to all be placed.

Writing

As organization was straightforward, and my research went smoothly with my excellent contacts and decent response rate to my survey, writing was simply a matter of a putting the pieces of the puzzle in place. Following that and a bit of analyzing of the results I was able to write and construct my report with ease.

Peer Reviewing

Peer reviewing another report was an interesting experience. Looking past the content of the report, it was interesting to see how other people portrayed the problems, the research to solving them, and proposed solutions for them. Comparing with my own report it became apparent which things were effective in the different reports. An example is quality headings and sub-headings to truly divide the content or use of spacing between sections to establish barriers or adjust the flow of the document.

Conclusion

The report has shaped up quite well and following the feedback from my peer and the professor I think I’ll have a truly quality and professional document completed for this class.

Formal Report Draft

Nick Rutigliano
rutigliano.nick@gmail.com
github.com/rutigs

September 12, 2017
University of British Columbia
2329 West Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z4

Dear Students of English 301,

As a student of the sciences with a major in Computer Science I believe I would be an excellent team mate and addition to any writing team. As someone in the end of their degree and with a career in technology in my future, I’m hungry to improve my skills and prove myself as someone capable of effective technical communication in text.

In my time in Computer Science often required of me is the explanation of my software, algorithms and approaches to the problems at hand. Tasks almost always have multiple pathways to valid solutions so it’s often an explanation of the journey instead of the destination that is more important to share and communicate. On top of the writeup’s required when I finish a piece of work, I also have experience in the formal planning and general structure stage of work expressed in technical written forms. As an intern at Microsoft, when given features and special jobs to complete I frequently had to accompany them with a specification of my work before even having written a single line of code.

In my eight months at Microsoft I was heavily invested and integrated with my team despite it being only a temporary position. Despite my short tenure I was also focused on being another team member as equals with the full time employees, not just a student who would forgo responsibilities and difficult tasks in the name of inexperience. Integration is a vastly important aspect of team work and cohesion and I believe I am effective at doing so.

If you have been convinced or would like to discuss further about how I could be a great addition to your team feel free to contact me at your convenience. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Nick Rutigliano

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