Self
Shalin's General Strengths
What is being on-task, having creative problem-solving, being great team player, willing to make holistic solutions, and being flexible in timeline creation?
The goals of the project
What is having the general goal of developing a robust architecture and working prototype of a double-DAO system that allows users to buy and trade their investments in mines all around the world?
The general relationships among teammates
What is having a great general relationship in the team, where everyone was attentive, on time, and respectful to me and their teammates on all asks and tasks?
The Slack responsiveness
What is saying that the team did a great job reacting to posts, messaging me if there were any issues, and following through on tasks given by me, Arul, and the SLT throughout the semester?
Me and the Teachlead
What is saying that Arul and I had a great relationship and he was always responsive and attentive to asks and updates from my side regarding deliverables and timeline flexibility?
Shalin's General Weaknesses
What is sometimes not doing the due research on the technical aspects of his project, and sometimes not including everyone in general brainstorming sessions while noticing some people are quiet?
The diagramming of the project
What is creating a large and fluid Lucid diagram with color-coordinated structures of DAOs, smart contracts, user wallets, trading activity, and the issuing of governance tokens that really helped us see the large picture when prototyping?
The skill gap among the team
What is sometimes feeling like there was a large skill and experience gap when it came to general coding knowledge and Solidity proficiency which could be attributed to lack of initiative to complete the required trainings on specific individuals part?
The team's timeliness
What saying that the team did a really good job of balancing their schedules to fit in times for standups and in-person meetings by showing up within 5 minutes of the meeting times and staying beyond the end time, every time?
Alame + Dishes + Ashna
What is saying that Alame did a great job of having a birds-eye view of the project and always knew the answer to administrative questions and tips/tricks of being a good PM; while Dishes and Ashna I didn't speak to much, but they were always active in the general slack answering questions?
Shalin's Specific Strengths
What is being very organized in the beginning and frontloading tasks as a PM to set up training and project outlines for the team ahead of time to get the ball rolling?
The prototyping of the project
What is creating a working prototype of the two DAO structure by allowing the creation of both the KulaDAO and multiple lower DAOs with working transfer of tokens from each lower DAO to a user on ETH testnet with NFT mining rights per lower DAO?
The outside research per team member
What is seeing the individual research done by each member of the team outside the ask of the trainings, or lack thereof come out in brainstorming and meeting discussions?
The team's updates
What is saying that the team did a great job of letting me know ahead of time that they could not make standups or the in person meetings, making it either online or getting the information they missed from their teammates; while updates for the project were also promptly delivered either on the general slack or in DMs to either Arul or me?
Frog + Quinceañera
What is saying that y'all did a great job maintaining the general structure of the club: from recruitment to banquet it ran very smoothly and proffesionally?
Shalin's Specific Strengths II
What is having a great initiative to reach out to resources for any help (both administrative and project-based) and not waiting for an incomplete task before asking for advice?
The before midpoint updates
What is having the entire theoretical approach of the prototype done, along with the aforementioned robust solutions architecture that told the clients exactly how the diagram would work, and what the prototype would implement?
Who is John Zhang?
What is someone that I wanted to point out as a great team contributor, initiative taker, and someone who was always there at every meeting and took time out of his day for this project more than his teammates?
The standups
What is having standups be great ways to get mid-week updates and share updates from client talks with Sam, and the more we got into the project, the more information was to be delivered and the team was always present and talkative during these?
The Overall Org
What is being hella smooth brothas?
Shalin's Specific Weaknesses
What is feeling like I could have also taken the tech-lead recommended training so that I was more up to speed on the code debugging and prototyping aspect of the project to better answer client questions about development stages.
The after midpoint results
What is being largely focused on the math behind the creation of the bonding curves both for KulaDAO tokens, and the lower DAO tokens for implementation into the buying/selling capability of the KulaDAO and lower DAO in the prototype?
Who is Arul Verma?
What is someone who showed up to all the team socials, always responded to the prototype asks, wasn't afraid to question the project logic to Sam, and provided deep understanding of blockchain and coding in its space?
The IRL Meeting
What is saying that these went really well and that everyone kept showing up for the big updates and diagramming/debugging that we would do on laptops or the whiteboard to move the project along?
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