make your internship "worth it"
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Make your Make your internshipinternship"worth it""worth it"
Marian MarinovChief System ArchitectSiteGround.com
Who am I?
Who am I?
Chief System Architect of SiteGround.com
Who am I?
Po-ka
Chief System Architect of SiteGround.com
Why would I talk about internship?
Why would I talk about internship?
I'm from Dobrich...I'm from Dobrich...
Why would I talk about internship?
I'm from Dobrich...I'm from Dobrich...
I graduated from OTME M.V.Lomonosov
Why would I talk about internship?
I'm from Dobrich...I'm from Dobrich...
I graduated from OTME M.V.Lomonosov
I HAD TO attend 3 internships while in high-school
Mandatory internships
- required written proof that you worked for A COMPANY
Mandatory internships
- required written proof that you worked for A COMPANY
1. I worked in the company of my mother
Mandatory internships
- required written proof that you worked for A COMPANY
1. I worked in the company of my mother - totally irrelevant
Mandatory internships
- required written proof that you worked for A COMPANY
1. I worked in the company of my mother - totally irrelevant - I did however wrote that it was a sysadmin internship :)
2. Practicum for metal working
2. Practicum for metal working - again not relevant to my major :)
2. Practicum for metal working - again not relevant to my major :) - we found that you can hurt your self in differrent ways
So why is internship So why is internship so important?so important?
So why is internship So why is internship so important?so important?
So why is internship So why is internship so important?so important?
- experience
So why is internship So why is internship so important?so important?
- experience- the examples I gave are far from
a good experience
- it can be the push to your life's career- it can be the push to your life's career
- it can be the push to your life's career- it can be the push to your life's career
- or the best game that - or the best game that you will play in your lifeyou will play in your life
- it can be the push to your life's career- it can be the push to your life's career
- or the best game that - or the best game that you will play in your lifeyou will play in your life
- or it may not be for you- or it may not be for you
NO, you should not expect NO, you should not expect financial benefitsfinancial benefits
NO, you should not expect NO, you should not expect financial benefitsfinancial benefits
NO, you should not NO, you should not expect to have mom expect to have mom looking over your looking over your shouldershoulder
If you manage to put yourself If you manage to put yourself in the right companyin the right company
If you manage to put yourself If you manage to put yourself in the right companyin the right company
you may never work you may never work a day in your life...a day in your life...
If you manage to put yourself If you manage to put yourself in the right companyin the right company
you may never work you may never work a day in your life...a day in your life...
If you happen to choose If you happen to choose the WRONG COMPANYthe WRONG COMPANY
If you happen to choose If you happen to choose the WRONG COMPANYthe WRONG COMPANY
you will work on projects that NOBODY wants to work on
If you happen to choose If you happen to choose the WRONG COMPANYthe WRONG COMPANY
you will work on projects that NOBODY wants to work on
there would be no mentoring
If you happen to choose If you happen to choose the WRONG COMPANYthe WRONG COMPANY
you will work on projects that NOBODY wants to work on
there would be no mentoring new tech may be even forbidden
If you happen to choose If you happen to choose the WRONG COMPANYthe WRONG COMPANY
you will work on projects that NOBODY wants to work on
there would be no mentoring new tech may be even forbidden and you will end up saying
its just work
So... choose wiselySo... choose wisely
How to get How to get this PERFECT this PERFECT internship?internship?
MOST IMPORTANTLYMOST IMPORTANTLY show that you want to learnshow that you want to learn
MOST IMPORTANTLYMOST IMPORTANTLY show that you want to learnshow that you want to learn
- show that you can think- show that you can think
MOST IMPORTANTLYMOST IMPORTANTLY show that you want to learnshow that you want to learn
- show that you can think- show that you can think- be honnest- be honnest
MOST IMPORTANTLYMOST IMPORTANTLY show that you want to learnshow that you want to learn
- show that you can think- show that you can think- be honnest- be honnest- work on FOSS projects- work on FOSS projects
MOST IMPORTANTLYMOST IMPORTANTLY show that you want to learnshow that you want to learn
- show that you can think- show that you can think- be honnest- be honnest- work on FOSS projects- work on FOSS projects- show your own projects- show your own projects
MOST IMPORTANTLYMOST IMPORTANTLY show that you want to learnshow that you want to learn
- show that you can think- show that you can think- be honnest- be honnest- work on FOSS projects- work on FOSS projects- show your own projects- show your own projects
- even if they don't ask - even if they don't ask for your projects... for your projects...
you HAVE to show themyou HAVE to show them
Make your internship successful
If you are a company, planning
If you are a company, planning
on creating or improving
on creating or improving
an internship program
an internship program
at the end of the Internship...
at the end of the Internship...
● it is not required that the intern liked his colleagues or management
at the end of the Internship...
● it is not required that the intern liked his colleagues or management
● the intern may not stay to work for the company
at the end of the Internship...
the only the only successful successful InternshipInternshipis the one where is the one where the Internthe Intern
is happy is happy with what he have learnedwith what he have learned
Marian Marinov Chief System ArchitectMarian Marinov Chief System Architect