Project 3
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<title>Project 3: Cover Letter</title>
<author xml:id="h15">Tammy Huynh</author>
<version n="2" date="2016-08-14"/>
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<cover_letter>
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<name>Tammy Huynh</name>
<contact_info>
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<contact type="address">11 Example St. Boston, MA 02115</contact>
<contact type="phone"> 111-111-1111 </contact>
<contact type="email"> huynh.ta@husky.neu.edu </contact>
<contact type="url">examplesite.com</contact>
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<greeting>Hello Filament Games,</greeting>
<intro_para>
<intent type="purpose">I am interested in applying for the Unity Programmer position
</intent>that <intent type="connection"> I discovered while browsing your site. </intent>
<reason>Your company takes a fun, unique approach to education</reason> that I would
love to be a part of it<note type="instructor" resp="#kgs">check this sentence</note>. </intro_para>
<para_background>
<experience type="work">I currently work at Northeastern University’s ReGame VR Lab,
which leverages video games for motor rehabilitation. Here, <skills>I develop Unity
games</skills> in <skills>C#</skills> for two platforms: the <programs>Microsoft
Surface tablet</programs> and another that uses the <programs>Microsoft
Kinect</programs><note type="instructor" resp="#kgs">are these relevent for the
position specifically?</note>. Our games are targeted towards children with
cerebral palsy and aim to engage and encourage patients during therapy. I enjoy the
work I do here as it makes me feel that I am making a big difference, and I believe
I will be able to contribute to Filament Games with a similar drive<note
type="instructor" resp="#kgs">but how does this work specifically translate to
the values of the company of responsibilities of the position?</note>.
</experience>
</para_background>
<para_background>
<experience type="school">From my coursework towards a BA in Computer Engineering at
Northeastern University, I have developed strong skills in <skills>design
patterns</skills> and <skills>algorithms</skills> and an interest in
<interests>multiplayer networked games<note type="instructor" resp="#kgs">the
tak is "interest" rather than "interests", this error is making your
document invalid</note></interests>, <interests>procedural
generation</interests>, and <interests>3D modeling</interests>.</experience>
<experience type="personal">One of my current projects is a turn-based strategy game
created in Unity that uses procedural generated maps and the A* pathfinding
algorithm for unit movements. Development stages of this project along with my other
personal projects highlighting the principles and topics outlined above can be
viewed at <accomplishments>examplesite.com.</accomplishments></experience>
</para_background>
<para_background>
<experience type="work">Additionally, I have two years of development experience at
Novartis Pharmaceuticals and ChoiceStream, where I <skills>collaborated with
developers, designers, managers, and other professionals in various
fields</skills> to <accomplishments>create internal web
applications</accomplishments>. At Novartis, I worked on
<languages>Python</languages>
<accomplishments>web services for Oncology that connected a web application used to
register samples and a Java thick client used to manage
samples.</accomplishments> I also <accomplishments>laid out the front-end of a
web application used to track samples from registration to testing stages; this
project won the company's Innovation award.</accomplishments> At ChoiceStream, I
worked on a <accomplishments>web application to generate ad
campaigns</accomplishments> and <accomplishments>automated project
environments</accomplishments> with <programs>Chef</programs>. While at these
companies, I applied universal standards of <skills>debugging</skills>,
<skills>testing</skills>, <skills>automation</skills>,
<skills>documentation</skills>, and <skills>version control</skills>. These
opportunities taught me to <skills>follow a fast schedule of daily stand-ups and
weekly sprints</skills> and appreciate flexible, collective design.<note
type="instructor" resp="#kgs"/>this paragraph is excellent</experience>
</para_background>
<closing_statements>
<compatability>Filament Games is a great example of how video games can enrich our
lives. Thus, as an individual with a passion for games, </compatability>
<next_step> I would love to meet to see how I can become a part of this community. Thank
you for your time and consideration!</next_step>
</closing_statements>
<signature>
<salutation>Sincerely,</salutation>
<name>Tammy Huynh</name>
</signature>
</cover_letter>
<docReview>
<reviewer type="peer" xml:id="m20">Chi Mo</reviewer>
<report type="peer" resp="#m20">
<p>From reading the cover letter, the writer wants to apply a game programming job in
Filament Games. The cover letter shows that the writer had met most of the
requirement and would fit well for the job position. The rhetorical situation is
appropriate for the cover letter and the whole cover letter looks well organized and
clear. I think the writer did well in demonstrate the school, work and personal
experience in the background paragraph. After reading the job description, I can see
that the writer really fits the position well. The word-level is pretty good since
the person who will read the cover letter is an expert of all those computer
engineering works. The question from her self-review about the <proposition/>, I
think it fits the element meaning, I used the element in the same way. I don’t think
the writer needs to add anything to the background but I think she can add something
to make the reader feel that she really wants the job and did the research on the
company at the beginning of the cover letter or at the end of it. Also, the writer
can add some other skills such as communication skills which can show she would be a
good in team working. Other than the content in the cover letter, I think some of
the schema are not used. Most of the schema uses fine but I think it would be more
clearly if the writer can put the background paragraph “in pieces” by schema, such
as <programs/>
<skills/>
<accomplishments/>. </p>
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<reviewer type="instructor" xml:id="kgs"/>
<report type="instructor" resp="#kgs">
<p>Check out my in-line comments--there is a lot going well here, especially in that
second background paragraph. You do need to pay careful attention to minor issues (a
few of which I pointed out above), especially in a document of this length.</p>
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