Milk? – #5

October 6, 2019

Throughout this last week, I met an array of accomplished individuals and became inspired to begin my journey to create something of my own. We attended the business symposium, where I met a woman working in communications at the City of Frisco and another woman working at a large company in the computer science sector. It was so enlightening to hear from both of their diverse perspectives. I also met Nickquolette Barrett, a successful, self-employed career coach. She was so inspiring to me because of her passion, and she gave me pointers on my resume which I have now implemented. I also began my original work project with my proposal. After researching more about data science, I realized I wanted to find a small problem in daily life and counteract it with data science and technology. Forgetting grocery items, such as something as small as milk, is a common problem among people from ages 16 all the way to retirement age, and this is a problem that could easily be solved with technology. I want to create a database and algorithm that tracks the frequency (bi-weekly, weekly, monthly, etc.) that someone buys certain items and add it to a "grocery schedule" that notifies you of certain groceries that are on your list for that time. I hope to further develop my interest and skills in data science as I pursue this new idea.