As I continue my research, I have been reaching out to more professionals and developing my original work. I wanted my original work to be applicable to the real world, which is why I came up with the “Smart Cart;” an add-on to a grocery application to track the frequency of past purchases and creates a virtual grocery list based on what items you buy in the past, countering the common issue of forgotten groceries. As I continued developing my idea, I wanted some outside perspective, so I took the opportunity to reach out to Ms. Priyanka Paliwal, the app developer at Walmart that I interviewed last week. I chose to ask her because her work with the Scan & Go feature in the Walmart app is what inspired me to think of other solutions to grocery-related issues. She graciously agreed to video-chat with me and gave me great insight into other features I could include in my project, such as adding birthdays and special occasions. It was so great to get outside input on my advice from someone so qualified, and I was extra grateful that she gave me a few contacts I could interview. I also began my data science course on Udemy, which helped me understand the basics of data science, such as the difference between quantitative and qualitative analytics.