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The boss at Heima asked me to write an essay about my time as an intern as my final requirement. I don’t care too much for my writing when I’m told to write. I kind of just want to show him all my internship related posts on here, but that’s a bit too informal I think. It would be a shame if I didn’t put it up here.
So yeah, here it is.
They also asked me to make a mood board of my experiences at Heima and the photo’s part of it. I might post the whole thing later.
I was really excited about my summer internship. I heard stories from my brother and a few upperclassmen about their internships and I expected that my internship would be somewhat similar to them. But honestly, when I started, I pretty much forgot all the stories they told me and was just totally immersed in my own internship. I didn’t expect myself to be enthusiastic about something like this. It was like that feeling some people might get during the first week of classes when you have a new set of classes/teachers but with the familiarity of my classmates. Obviously the place and the people were new and I guess the familiarity at Heima was the work I did. In some way I thought I’d have to do something workwise that my classes didn’t teach, but I was gladly surprised that I was able to do my work fine. I’m not saying I could do better but I think it was good for my first time in a real work environment.
I noticed the work assigned to me was very similar to the plates and schoolwork and it made me realize that I have a very good feeling about life after college. I guess I wasn’t really sure that I would be ready for work after college but this internship has helped me gain a bit of confidence and valuable insights for the rest of my college life and afterwards. And for that I’m very thankful. I was also put out of my comfort zone a few times. I never really thought I’d be doing things other than Industrial Design related work, but I was happy to do it and I found myself enjoying it after a while. I never really go out of my comfort zone, which I think I should be doing more often since I’ll be graduating soon and I think that’s going to be one of the biggest ‘out of my comfort zone’ moments for me. I’m not saying my whole time as an intern was always fun. The commutes to Makati were crazy, the hours were really weird sometimes, but the good definitely outweighs the bad.
Probably the most important thing I learned was that even if I worked as employee, which I assumed was just about following orders and doing the work given to you. But working isn’t just about listening to your bosses and coworkers and asserting yourself and not just waiting for orders to be given to you. Overall, I really enjoyed my time at Heima. I met a lot of nice people, learned new things, and I hope that wherever I end up working at will be even just a bit similar as my time at Heima.
