As the semester is wrapping up, with it, so is my internship experience. These past few months flew by so fast. At the discretion of my supervisor, there is a possibility of continuing my internship; but all the details still need to be worked out. Throughout these few months, I feel like I have learned a lot; and I mean a lot.
First of all, I learned to ask questions. Before starting the internship, I was very hesitant to ask questions. I was one of those people that can, or at least think they can, figure things out on their own. However, during my internship I had stumbled upon a number of problems, or just tasks, that I had a difficult time tackling. I would literally spend hours trying to figure them out on my own, which seemed to have me stuck in neutral, neither moving forward, nor backward. Looking back at it, I feel like there was some time wasted because of that - time which could have been used much more efficiently.
Although I liked my internship and all the experience that I have gained; I am not too sure if this is the career path I’d like to pursue. At this point in time, I feel like my interests are leaning more towards developing programs which would prevent poverty, rather than evaluating them. Don’t get me wrong, evaluating is fun, but I feel like there is much more to be done on the development side of the programs. I extremely value everything that I have learned during my adventure with HRA and I would definitely be thrilled to remain there for a bit longer and maybe take on more than one project.
I feel like I did everything I could to make the best impression. My first and foremost advice for every other intern is “ask questions!” There is a lot of things you still might need to learn, and as good as trying to figure them out on your own is, if you hit a brick wall ask someone to help you get on the other side of it. There will always be someone willing to help :).
No comments:
Post a Comment