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Date Published
Author
Joshua Fayer
Word count
814
Language
English
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None

Summary

Anya Hargil is a rising senior at Princeton University studying Computer Science, who recently took a year off from school to travel around the world. She joined MongoDB's Data Warehouse team as an intern and has been working on normalizing data for data scientists, building a tool to productionalize data for the Data Science team, and learning new technologies with autonomy and freedom to make her own decisions. The culture at MongoDB emphasizes growth, learning, and having fun, allowing employees to play around and experiment while giving them visibility throughout the organization. Anya's mentor is supportive and allows her to work at a comfortable pace, making her feel valued and part of the team.