Internship is Around the Corner

The technical skills I have picked up that will add value to my internship are knowing how to troubleshoot a computer and checking to see if there are any driver errors. I learned a lot about the motherboard, CPU, RAM, and hard drive and how each one has to be compatible with the other in order to have an efficient running computer. We practiced a lot with certain Microsoft software applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint which would definitely help during internship. We also learned how to partition a hard drive and install an Operating System on a virtual machine, such as VMWare. Recently, we have spent some hours working on Macs, in which we learned how to change system preferences and learned shortcuts. All of which, will be very helpful and will add value during my time at internship.

There is no doubt that I will be nervous to meet my manager at the company I will intern at. I think I will work well under a nice, laid back manager. A manager that can communicate with me, listen to me and answer all my questions would be a great manager that I will work well under. I would like to get feedback on what I am doing right and what I am doing wrong so that I will know that the manager notices me and wants me to succeed.

Some anxieties that I have about my internship is possibly messing up and not knowing how to fix the problem. I am also anxious about the new experience and what I will learn and the new skills I will acquire. Although I will only be an intern, I am excited to meet the people I will be working with for the next 6 months. I try not to think about what can possibly go wrong and focus on the positive so that I will just have fun learning something new.

I know I am very shy; however, I plan to stand out at my internship by letting my work speak for me, as well as starting small talk with fellow colleagues and my manager. I don’t want to be a “loner” nor have people think I’m weird, so I will definitely step out of my shell a little bit. I will also try to go above and beyond by asking for other tasks and using my downtime effectively and show that I want to be there. To show them that I am dependable, positive, and eager, I will try to take up new tasks every day and ask thoughtful questions. I will be on time every day and show up with a smile on my face and do my work.