CST 462 Service: Learning Journal Reflections

 

  • What went well?
    • Triaging bugs for libreoffice went fairly smooth, though was challenging to figure some bugs since they were features that I didn't even know existed.  
  • What would you improve?
    • Im not sure what I would improve, since it went fairly smooth.  It was difficult on my part because I was traveling during most of it, but the supervisor was very accommodating and worked around each others schedules. 
  • What was the most impactful part?
    • Being able to support the open and free libreoffice office suite.  I was an early benefactor of the software when I was younger when the software was called openoffice.  So it was nice giving back the time :) 
  • What challenges did you face?
    • Scheduling and time do to me traveling during most of it.  
  • What advice do you have for future SL students?
    • Have fun and be curious :).  The fun part was figuring out bugs I had no clue about but was able to walk through steps to figure them out! 

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