This week, most of the students from the MIMS class of 2014 are finishing up summer internships and preparing to return to South Hall for the second year of their master’s program.
We spoke with seven MIMS students from the class of 2014 about what they’ve been doing this summer, how their first year’s classes prepared them for their internships, and what they’re planning for their second year and beyond.
Corey Hyllested
Data Scientist Intern
StubHub
Corey Hyllested spent the summer building a music recommendation system for StubHub, to recommend upcoming concerts or events in your area, based on your preferences or previous events you attended.
Although he came to the I School with a lot of technical experience, this was Corey’s first job that emphasized user experience and information policy. “I wanted to use this opportunity to try something that I hadn't done before,” he explained.
When interviewing for the internship, Corey especially appreciated input and advice from classmates Rui Dai (MIMS ’13), who interned at StubHub last summer, and Aijia Yan (MIMS ’13), who started a career position at StubHub this year.
In his internship, Corey has found himself using skills from a number of his first-year MIMS courses, including Info 202. Information Organization and Retrieval, Info 205. Information Law and Policy, and Info 290. Data Mining and Analytics in Intelligent Business Services. He was especially guided by the case studies from Info 216. Computer-Mediated Communication, including cautionary tales of companies that made bad decisions about customer interactions and had them blow up in their faces. “The great thing about the coursework here is that has been far more pragmatic and not just abstract theory,” he said.
His summer project has been successful so far; StubHub is hoping to roll out the system to its website and mobile app soon, possibly as early as September, and is trying to recruit Corey for a career position when he graduates in May 2014. “What this has really showed me is that I can do this,” he said. This has encouraged him to move out of his comfort zone during the second year of the MIMS program, and focus on learning new skills — management, product & project management, and other “softer” skills.
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For more information and statistics about MIMS students’ summer internships, see the results of the 2013 MIMS Internship Survey 2013 (PDF).