Our trip to the city was great. We had the great opportunity to visit AKQA. We took BART and once we got there we walked all along embarcadero and got to see the beautiful water of the bay. It was a pretty long walk I just realized but it was totally worth it and fun. All of our DSA students were dressed up and looking great to make that first impression. Once we finally got to AKQA’s building we had to go around to the back because the front elevator. I am going to admit I though the place was just going to be a place full of office rooms but I was wrong it was very open so people could interact. The first thing we did was meeting with Mr. Ikamoto in a conference room. He talked to us about what the company does and about their customers. I found his life story particularly interesting. He isn’t originally from here but had a great opportunity to come to the states to study. I found it amazing how much he travels all around the world to do his job. After our meeting Kelly gave us a tour around their building. There was a whole room of offices and the people in there worked for Nike. That room was full of shoes, posters, and magazines. Then the kitchen are had a snack machine and everything in it only costs a quarter. How awesome is that? Well for lunch we got to eat on the roof. It was a beautiful day outside thankfully and the view was nice.
There were a couple of things that I found really interesting. Most of the people that worked there and talked to us about their carriers told us that having contacts is important. Most of them got into the business because they knew people that were already in the field. I also learned that you don’t have to go to a top collage to get a job there. Overall all the people I met were very creative and very skilled.
