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How The Impact Of Professor Vogel's Words Had On My Career Path

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"Don't go straight to graduate school after finishing your undergraduate degree. Work first for a few years", this was what professor Steven Vogel told me in the summer of 2010. He had been one of the most enlightening professors during my exchange program at UC Berkeley in the academic year 2009-2010. I also had had the chance to work with him in a Political Science research project. Following his advice, after finishing my Political Science degree in 2012 and graduating in the top 5% of my class, I embarked on a quest to acquire the most formative professional experiences I could get. I will return later in this statement to the impact that Professor Vogel’s words had on my career path. First, however, I will address how my experiences as …show more content…

The initiative my team analysed made use of IT to report damaged city property in a Barcelona suburb. At first, this initiative relied on a team of public employees who walked around the city taking photos of damaged property, sending them via tablet. Later the initiative evolved and went on to rely on citizens to take photos with their phones and send them directly to the city council. Our team concluded that this initiative represented a clear example of how IT is facilitating a more direct connection between public institutions and …show more content…

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