NYC Travel Experience

This past week I had the opportunity to travel to New York City and visited SAP, Celonis and Infosys. Along with visiting NYC, I had to opportunity to have a few days to explore the city. When we landed in NYC, we hit the ball rolling by going to visit SAP headquarters. There, we were able to see just how broad their company branched out. Also, their cool robot named “Tory” which is able to take place of humans and scan inventory within minutes as opposed to taking full days if done by a human. The next day was a full day, but I was looking forward to it! We had the opportunity to visit Celonis’s headquarters. We received a tour around the office, which I found to be very inviting and allowing of creativity.. as well as many snacks for everyone! During the visit to Celonis, we were being told about some aspects that the company consisted of and how to access the software needed for the project. Following Celonis, we went a few floors down and visited Infosys. This was a great experience because we had Hodson McFarland, show us around and he gave a great experience. We were able to ask Hodson questions about his current job duties and how he obtained his current position. We were able to have an informative conversation and also did a bit of networking with those that were in the group but may not have been known to have similar interest. All of the companies welcomed us with open arms.

Regarding Cultural experiences, I’d previously been to New York however I was able to have a different outlook this time. In New York, it is common to take the subway to work, or walk where as in Georgia, we often drive to work and do not nearly as much walking even if we live in the city. This this around, I was able to get a better feel of the culture that New York has, that being the diversity and the stigma that New Yorkers are rude and unwelcoming. New York is diverse in that they have so many people of visibly different ethnicities and they were all so helpful and did not seem rude or have attitude. Other than visiting the businesses and the amazing views, my favorite part of the trip was being able to interact with the students from GCSU outside of the project and a work environment.