Project:BattleShip
Group Member Names: Kyle Iverson, Taylor Keller
Goals and Expectations for the Project (What does each group member hope to get out of this project? What do we want to achieve as a team? How will we know that we're successful?):
Being able to connect with others is a key role that empathy plays in my life. Empathy helps me to see past the empty emotions that a person may be showing. For instance, when you begin to empathize and understand someone it becomes easy to see when they are "off". Instead of becoming upset with someone because they are in a bad mood, I can empathize with them and realize that there is some external force acting upon them to cause this mood. Most frequently I find this in small miscommunications. There is a small miscommunication and someone overreacts I try to practice empathy to understand if they are upset with the situation, or if there is something else going on that is affecting them.
Empathy helps to build better software in vast number of ways, so I will only hit on a couple. First, it helps to create
My greatest strength is being able to work well with others. I respect my teammates' opinions while also freely offering my own solutions. Also, I am not afraid to come to my teammates for support when I am struggling to understand a concept or when I am stuck on a problem and need a new set of eyes on it. I know this from my experiences in the past working on team projects.