Where To Intern?
Made by Anna Tan
Made by Anna Tan
Where To Intern? is a data visualization for students to easily understand data about where other students have interned over the summers and how much they enjoyed it.
Created: September 15th, 2014
Where To Intern? is a data visualization for students to easily understand data about where other students have interned over the summers and how much they enjoyed it.
Anna, great job on this project! You clearly explained how you connected to the readings we've had and how you've incorporated the new ideas we've learned about. My only concern is that the actual representation is not very intuitive. It is hard to know what exactly the inner circles and the color gradients mean, until we read your description. Is there any way you could make it clearer? Like adding a legend, for example?
I like the idea, and I know that I would find such data to be very useful! I wonder if you could also get companies to supply some of this data? I just wonder if enough students would complete the survey to get an accurate representation.... but I don't know if there are any other ways to get the information you are looing for.
Because this is an important subject for many of us, I think that this visualization is a great way of enhancing people's experience when looking for an internship. I wonder if knowing which companies are well-liked will increase how difficult it is to get a summer position there (given that everyone will be applying to the better ranked companies)
I really like the idea of having a companies clustered together by industry, this way people could find companies within their interests that they didn't know existed!
Your project is very well developed! You did a great job of linking the things we learned in class to your project. I also think your visuals do a great job of informing people about the general opinion of people interning at a company.
My main advice would be that an intern's opinion of a company is generally more complex than just a rating from 1-10. Much of the time, when I ask someone how their summer internship went, they will respond with "it went really well, except I didn't quite enjoy _____". Because of this, I think you should consider having the most common complaint and most common positive feedback for a company.
Thank you for your comments! To improve my project, I think adding a legend would be a good idea, especially for the color gradient. I understand that when looking at the visualization it can be unclear what kind of range the color gradient represents. By adding a legend or even having one of the circles be an example circle with descriptive text beside it, viewers can more easily understand what is going on in the entire visualization. Also, my visualization can include maybe most common strengths and weaknesses for a specific company by showing them when the viewer mouses over a circle; that way, I can add more complexity in the data displayed without overwhelming the viewer.
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