Working in a startup company as an intern for six weeks is part of the career development framework at our university. I’ve heard about startup companies for a long time, but being there in person is a different feeling. They are truly agile, completely different from giant organizations like universities or big corporations. The concept has become so concrete for me now. More importantly, this is the CGM/health provider I’ve mentioned all the time, Vively(related post: CGM for Non-Diabetics: I Tried Vively/Abbott FreeStyle Libre). My motivation for working in this field is posted here: Data-driven Disease Prevention — Prevention is Better than Cure
I was onboarded before Easter. Because of the Easter holiday, we didn’t have our weekly meetings. Today, I attended the first weekly wrap. There are only eight of us: one is our boss, updating sales and contracts; two software engineers working on the app. They had been working in Australia for years but now work from Barcelona. Amazing, right? One dietitian provides users with more suggestions and helps to improve their health. Two customer support teammates are working from the Philippines. And two interns, including me. Each of us summarizes our work, wins and losses, and the plan for the next week. It took everyone 2–3 minutes, so in total, it was less than 30 minutes. I like this agile way of doing…
