Six weeks of internship has past by at the speed of light. I am very thankful Wasserman + Partners Advertising has given me this opportunity. I’ve learned a lot over the past 6 weeks. Not only in the technical area (Symfony, Facebook API, Subversion, WordPress, etc.) but also the workings of an advertising agency.
The Interactive Design program from Capilano University has taught me a broad range of skills. Even though I was a Web Developer Intern, when the opportunities came, I was able to help out in the other areas (e.g., IA, Adobe Photoshop, etc.). Sure, I was asked to do something I didn’t know or taught. No school teaches everything you need in the real world. Sometime you have the luxury to ask your colleagues and or friends but sometime you do not. It is best to just accept the challenges and dive into the deep end of the unknown and learn on your own. Information / knowledge is readily available at your fingertips. You just have to google it.
Work programs like internship provides students the opportunity to see if what they imagine about a job is really what they expect / like. Internship also provides great opportunity for potential employers to find up-coming talents. I only wish Interactive Design at Capilano University offers a Co-Op program instead of an Internship. Co-Op provides multiple work terms and each work term is at least 4 months long. You get the opportunity to try out different type of jobs. I really enjoyed it when I was studying my Computer Science degree at Simon Fraser University.
