Internship
What is internship? From my own perspective, internship is an opportunity of gaining working experience in a particular field. It is a place where you learn new things and gain more insight into what you already know in a particular field. But it can also dive someone into another different field entirely. Its all about learning, improvements, and making new and wonderful connections.
Benefits of internship
- One of the benefits of internship is experience. You will have an experience of what the real working environment is talking about and what is involved to stay on top.
- Learning; this is a most vital part of internship, since this is the reason you actually went for the internship.
- Meet new people and make new friends; you will be exposed to a lot of people that will be of help in the future and you have a chance of making new friends in that career path.
- Employment; at the end of most internship, companies or organization tend to retain the best of the interns based on their performance and growth rate.
Misconceptions
Most persons go into internship expecting to be paid, this is a very wrong idea. Your main purpose as an intern should be to learn and grow and this is what you need to be the best. That’s the reason during some internship, you will see interns accepting internship in a place where they will not be taught what they are suppose to know just because they offered some pay.
Companies, Organization and Internship
Companies and organizations should be willing to accept interns. In silicon valley, companies go to schools to give students lectures about a particular course or technology and then create an open opportunity for internship for a number of students. In Nigeria its not the case, you will have to know someone that works in the organization or company who will refer you. Maybe you have much interest in that field but because of connection and the pay, the internship will be given to someone that has the connect. Am seeing some changes in the tech ecosystem but it still needs some improvement.
Conclusion
Every intending intern should not be afraid of applying for any internship. You don’t have to meet the full requirements but you might still be shocked and you get in.
Thanks for reading my opinion
