Write a final reflection of the entire internship experience.
This internship has given me my future...literally. I genuinely believe that if I had not done this internship, I would've still been on that "medical school" track, and probably wasted a lot of money on some Biology major in college. I feel the biggest take-away I've received this past summer was my confidence in a professional atmosphere. Although AOIT had prepared us well enough through mock interviews and formal presentations, I was still oblivious to the fact that in a professional environment, you have to learn how to be confident in exploring new things everyday.
Town of Cary gave me that confidence.
Starting from my initial days at the Town, I was a little doubtful of my abilities because I originally agreed to do networking, but I was asked to be a part of the Analytics team which to be honest, I had no idea what that even meant. But that was probably the best decision my manager has ever made for me because now I look back and see that the number of opportunities I received in that field was a lot more beneficial in terms of understanding the basics of IT.
The kind of work I received was also one of the more influential parts of my internship experience. What I appreciated the most about the Town of Cary was that they knew what projects they were going to provide us beforehand. That gave me a sense of relief because I knew there would be one project I will be totally focused on. However, from the very beginning, I started experimenting with different kinds of work every single day. I started with some basic technical communication plans, which was actually one of my favorite projects because I could use my organization and writing skills in an actual, professional job. Then I branched off to do some designing, recordings of meetings, making surveys, etc. Finally, I got the chance to lead my team for the Open Data Story project. This was probably the biggest chunk of our internship because it involved all sorts of planning, editing, discovering, researching, writing, etc. I thoroughly enjoyed this experience because for one, I learned some new skills like HTML and project management, and two, I could show some progress for those interested in what I was doing in my internship. There were no menial tasks involved, no boring colleagues, no strict rules we had to abide by, and what I respect the most was that there was definitely no disconnect between the managers and the interns. We all felt like we were beneficiary to the Town, which is what we were all striving for in the beginning of our internships.
The Town has therefore given me an experience that will take me far in the field of IT, which is what I will now pursue in the College of Engineering at NC State.
Thank you AOIT.
This internship has given me my future...literally. I genuinely believe that if I had not done this internship, I would've still been on that "medical school" track, and probably wasted a lot of money on some Biology major in college. I feel the biggest take-away I've received this past summer was my confidence in a professional atmosphere. Although AOIT had prepared us well enough through mock interviews and formal presentations, I was still oblivious to the fact that in a professional environment, you have to learn how to be confident in exploring new things everyday.
Town of Cary gave me that confidence.
Starting from my initial days at the Town, I was a little doubtful of my abilities because I originally agreed to do networking, but I was asked to be a part of the Analytics team which to be honest, I had no idea what that even meant. But that was probably the best decision my manager has ever made for me because now I look back and see that the number of opportunities I received in that field was a lot more beneficial in terms of understanding the basics of IT.
The kind of work I received was also one of the more influential parts of my internship experience. What I appreciated the most about the Town of Cary was that they knew what projects they were going to provide us beforehand. That gave me a sense of relief because I knew there would be one project I will be totally focused on. However, from the very beginning, I started experimenting with different kinds of work every single day. I started with some basic technical communication plans, which was actually one of my favorite projects because I could use my organization and writing skills in an actual, professional job. Then I branched off to do some designing, recordings of meetings, making surveys, etc. Finally, I got the chance to lead my team for the Open Data Story project. This was probably the biggest chunk of our internship because it involved all sorts of planning, editing, discovering, researching, writing, etc. I thoroughly enjoyed this experience because for one, I learned some new skills like HTML and project management, and two, I could show some progress for those interested in what I was doing in my internship. There were no menial tasks involved, no boring colleagues, no strict rules we had to abide by, and what I respect the most was that there was definitely no disconnect between the managers and the interns. We all felt like we were beneficiary to the Town, which is what we were all striving for in the beginning of our internships.
The Town has therefore given me an experience that will take me far in the field of IT, which is what I will now pursue in the College of Engineering at NC State.
Thank you AOIT.
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