Reflection

Over the past month at my mentorship, I have had the opportunity to learn and get acquainted with the Tidemark Advantage Program. Tidemark is a program that the county uses to file all of its storm water and other information that gives specific details and photos to supply information to the user without them having to search through a filing cabinet. The program itself is very extensive and has many different applications. I am currently working on entering storm water inventory sheets and attaching pictures to the files from storm water pipes throughout the entire county. Pipes throughout the county are given a number and that is how they are found throughout the system. From there you can access the pipe size and other information about height width length and what condition the pipe is in. The program is a great resource for all of the engineers and supplies them with the resources that they may need that instant without the hassle of a filing cabinet.

This past Wednesday was my birthday. I went to mentorship that day and was treated as I normally would be when I walked in the doors. I got a “happy birthday” wish from one or two and went to the computer as normal to begin setting up. I started working and shortly after an announcement came on the intercom for everyone including myself to report to the break room to celebrate my birthday. As I walked through the doors everyone in the department wished me a happy 18th birthday. I was surprised when I looked on the table to find a card from everyone and homemade banana bread. The banana bread was out of this world and everyone sat down to enjoy a few minutes with me for my birthday. It was a great surprise and quite a good day at mentorship…