Work

So far I've survived 3 days of my summer internship. I was 30 minutes late on my first day. I'm assigned to the IT dept and it's one of the biggest departments in the whole building. After getting all excited about the prospects of working on something I'm good at, I was assigned to the subdivision that I'm least confident in. When I first got in, I was left sitting around doing nothing until lunchtime because nobody knew what to instruct me to do. However, once they did, I was utterly shocked. They told me to work on bridging two different technologies together when I have no idea how both of them work. Oh, the joy.

It got a lot better on my second day. I started to get a clearer view of what's expected of me. I was progressing well with my research and I've finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel. Still, I got lost in the building for a bit, but that was the only annoyance to my whole day.

However, today on my third day, I'm back to square one. A couple of colleagues were asking me what was my purpose serving my 2-month internship and what was I expecting from it. This time, the standard interview-style answer didn't suffice. They were looking for specific answers. Unfortunately, I didn't have any. To add to that, my project to connect those technologies hit a stumbling block: I don't know the technology well and my colleague who's supposed to be my primary reference point didn't either. I spent the whole 3 days researching on the Net, but it's not getting me anywhere and I need help visualizing what I've read. I feel so lost.

Sigh. That's my rant for today. Don't worry, I'll be fine. I just need to clear out my head before I walk back into the pressure cooker tomorrow.