The Ai internship
Ai has an active internship program. We have two in the office now, one gaining work experience, the other earning course credit (and, we hope, gaining work experience too).
Intern Cat Small is winding up her internship today, and wrote up a summary of her experience, which she shares here:
When I applied to work as a Web Design Intern at Alexander Interactive, I had no idea what I was in for. Coming from a one-man small business to a full-grown office was amazing.
I arrived for the interview early, not knowing what to expect. Katie was at the front desk, and I thought she was nice. As I waited for Jim to interview me, I glanced around and took in the atmosphere. I looked at the magazines, thinking that it was very nice of them to provide guests with material while they wait. Jim soon came out and interviewed me briefly. It was nice, and I noticed how large the office was (at least compared to my last job). I left the interview feeling hopeful and relieved. A while later, I received a response saying I was hired.
Working at Alexander Interactive for the past 3 months has been a wonderful experience. Everyone is amazingly friendly and the office has a home-away-from-home feeling to it. Instead of dreading coming to the office, I felt excited to see what my next assignment was, what bagels would be there on a certain day, and what Hamster Time would be like on another day.
I learned so much about communication, project management tools, web design, and many new phrases including ‘sync-up’ and ‘ping’. I also learned an important lesson about balancing work and fun. Many jobs are stressful, and web designing on a tight schedule often is. However, in a good environment, you can cool off and come back to your work with a new, more positive outlook.
I thank everyone at Ai for being so kind to me and hope to work there (or some place as wonderful) again in the future.
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