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Girls in the city

Last week with Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day and I was happy to have the opportunity to take my younger daughter with me. For some reason, I'm usually traveling that week and haven't been able to participate in the past. For those who haven't heard about this, it's a chance to for kids to see what their parents do at work and for kids to get an idea about life in their parent's office. It's not really meant to be a career day but a chance for kids to see what happens in a welcoming environment.

Our New York City office was the scene of a vibrant and interesting day for the 20 or so children that attended. There were talks about Sun and what jobs people at Sun have. I had the opportunity to talk with them about what Sun does for internet and gaming companies and little bit about the technology that helps to support that. The kids were engaged and interactive - although questions ranged from "How long is this going to last?" to questions about the Mars Rover (talked about how it uses Java) and Facebook.

The kids all seemed to have a good time, which was great since there was a big range of ages from elementary school all the way through high school. The program ended at lunchtime and would have usually been time for a nice lunch in the city, but we had to settle for a quick deli lunch since it was still Passover. I'm glad that my daughter was able to join me and I think that I still owe her a good lunch in the city for coming with me.

Posted at 09:44AM Apr 30, 2008 by bs in General  |