This week, I was focused on my final product and figuring out what I need to do to complete it. I wasn’t too sure what to do yet, so I brainstormed new ideas, such as working with artificial intelligence or continuing my Smart Cart app from my original work. I met with my long-distance mentor, Mr. Peter Laube, for my first mentoring call. Peter is a Manager of Enterprise Data and Analytics, so he works closely with both data scientists and business teams. We talked about data science in general, and then moved into brainstorming for my final product. He first started by telling me how State Farm began to bring in data scientists, as he was actually the first person in the data science department in State Farm. I really enjoyed hearing about how the data science department at State Farm has grown and where it is headed in the future. Afterwards, we discussed a few ideas for my final product, and agreed that it would be really interesting to continue my original work and develop it into a complete application. He also gave me a few great ideas about modeling, because I want to gain experience in that sector of data science as well. I really appreciated all his help and I am excited to learn more from him!