Internship Eagerness

A technical skill that I learned at Year Up is using the L.A.M.P (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Python) by participating in an extracurricular course. I'm glad I took this course because web developing and programming is something that I would like to do in the future. I'm planning to further my knowledge with HTML, and programming languages by taking online courses at CCSF during my internship. Since I took the Quality Assurance course, I can find bugs on your website or software, and probably fix them.

Another technical skill that I learned at Year Up is troubleshooting computers. I have been using the computer since I was young, so I would say I'm intermediate at troubleshooting. If I'm not able to fix it, I'll find my way around to get it fixed. I will benefit from the team I work with, and the team might benefit from me as well because we don't know everything, and we can learn from each other.

Sahaar told me that I have a meet and greet today. I might be doing desktop support at a company in San Jose, CA. As a desktop support, I think I will be setting up computers for employees, or troubleshooting issues that come up.

I would work well with a manager that cares about their employees, and provide help when we need it. Weekly meetings would be great to discuss my progress and ways that I can keep improving.

I would really like to improve on my confidence and communication skills during my internship. I can start by creating small talk with new people as well as people in other departments. I can probably learn a lot from them. I hope I can shadow someone in a department I'm interested in, so if I have an opportunity to have a full-time job. I will have the skills for that department.

I'm worried about how to get the San Jose because it's about one hour away. I have a motorcycle that I can ride, but I messed something up inside the engine, and I hope I will get it fixed before internship starts. I don't know what my manager(s) will expect from me. I'm afraid that I won't be able to do the assignments right because I didn't take the IT track.

I plan to stand out by creating small talk with people in different departments, and work harder than others. For example, asking for more work when I'm done with a task. Working harder than others is not a problem for me because I already work harder than others at my current job. Creating small talk is something that I need to work on.

I hope there will be a full-time job opportunity after my internship. I plan to demonstrate that I'm dependable, positive, and eager by going to work and getting my work done on time, showing a positive attitude, and always trying to learn new skills. Going to work and getting my work done on time isn't a problem for me since I know how to manage time. I always arrived at Year Up and did all my work on time. I always show a positive attitude because I enjoy working with technology, and I'm a very nice person. I want to learn new skills by shadowing someone in the company or taking online courses during internship.

I actually do have a plan during my internship phase. I plan to take a few online courses on HTML and Linux. I'm trying to get the L.A.M.P stack certificate from CCSF. I hope I will get hired after my internship, so I have a stable job and help my parents pay off the bills. If not, I might look for other internship opportunities on Craigslist, and still take classes at the same time. I might apply for Google internships since that's a company that I would like to work for. I went to a field trip to Google few days ago, and the hostess told me that there are a lot of internship opportunities at Google. The most important thing I took out from the tour was how Google treats their employees.