At HTHNC, we have annual day for both 9th and 10th graders in which we shadow someones career for a day. This is meant to get kids used to a professional work environment, and to see what a day for someone who is working in a specific field is like. For this day, I shadowed at the San Diego home inspection for the city. I chose this field mostly because of the fact that I didn't have any other opportunities for career day, but thought it would be interesting anyway. On the day of I got up around 4 am, which was really early for me, and we drove over to the office for the job. We were in there for about 3 hours planning the day out, and routing out which houses we were going to inspect for the day. After that there is about 6 hours of inspecting to do, going from house to house inspecting whatever it may be. It was interesting to see the different types of people, and different types of inspections. Some inspections lasted only a minute, whereas others lasted 15-20 minutes. One of the hardest parts of the job, according to the person I shadowed, would be the people you encounter. Some will argue with you and shout at you if they don't believe an inspection didn't pass, so I'd say we were lucky that we didn't encounter any difficult people. Many of the people who go into home inspecting come from a construction or architecture background, and that's how the people I talked to in the office got into it. They actually don't really look for degrees, but rather if you have a background in construction or architecture. Because of this, during the inspections I didn't understand most of what they were saying. There are some things that are similar from our school to their jobs. They have a dress code in which you have to wear a collared shirt when working. Also, it is important to know how to communicate with others and collaborate because you are constantly talking to people and explaining things to them. Although I wouldn't plan to be an inspector in the future, it was an interesting experience overall. Next career day I hope that I do not have an issue of transportation so I have more opportunities for someone to shadow, and hopefully the person I shadow has something to do with music.
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