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Get a notepad. Either physical or digital, whichever way you're more comfortable noting things down. You will interact with a lot of new people and you'll have
by Etheryte 7y ago
Get a notepad. Either physical or digital, whichever way you're more comfortable noting things down. You will interact with a lot of new people and you'll have to remember who does what, where to get information, etc. A simple note to track all of that information as it's thrown at you through the day will do wonders.
As a general guide, ask questions like your life depends on it. As an intern, no one expects you to know what to do nor how to do it, at least not right off the bat. It is your duty to make the effort to reach both of those though, and asking questions is by far the best tool to do that.
When I occasionally interface with interns, questions are my number one metric. If someone asks a lot of questions and at least some of them are in the right direction, they're already a keeper in my book. If the intern doesn't ask any questions I won't know how to help them on either and that's a bad sign.
Best of luck and don't forget to have fun.
- 2rsf 7y ago> As a general guide, ask questions like your life depends on it. Yes and no, questions are important but do try to collect a few questions to one sitting. In the said notepad collect questions and when you feel it's right go ahead and ask them. But before that try to answer some of them yourself, and check whether they were answered somewhere else.
- sloaken 7y agoI disagree, I would prefer you ask, once, verses wasting a bunch of time going down a rabbit hole. One of the keys here is ask ONCE, if you need to ask a second time, then you are wasting my time. Hint: if you need to I recommend asking someone else the second time, and then do not forget the answer.