When I attended an information session, and learned that most of the tasks during the program were done within a team, I made up my mind and decided to apply for this program. Learning how to collaborate in teams was one of the most appealing aspects of this program. It has always been very hard for me to team up with other people, especially if they did not come from a technical background. However, in my current job, I have to deal with as many non-technical employees as technical ones. Carnegie Mellon provides an environment to experience what it is like to act as a team, to learn about sharing, support, commitment and team success.

It has been four weeks since I started the program, and I have been working with other 3 classmates. So far my team has been doing a great job. We have a lot of support from the faculty to help us build a collaborative and supportive environment to work. This has helped me to immediately apply this knowledge to my team at work. Even though you might think that knowing how to collaborate in teams is not a key objective in the work place, it is. At CMU, you have an opportunity to gain these skills as almost 70% of the activities within the program are focused on learning how to team up with your classmates.