Delegates from the Institution of Engineering and Technology visited IBM Hursley this evening for an event billed as an opportunity to see some of our latest software development work.
They got to see presentations and demonstrations of six recent Hursley projects – one of these was my pitch about the Extreme Blue project that I worked on last summer.
I’ve not been a member of one of these professional bodies before, so it was fun to see what the event was like. The attendees were an interesting mix – some were retirees wanting to keep up to date with the latest news, some were professionals from other businesses looking to network and learn about what else is going on, and some were university students at the start of their careers. Some came in suits, some were in jeans and a sweatshirt. Some were young, some were old. The one thing that they had in common was a curiosity and an interest in technology.
It was a lot of fun – I enjoy the chance to do presentations like this, and they asked a lot of thought-provoking questions. I don’t get to do this sort of stuff at work nearly as often as I’d like!