Sunday, June 28, 2015

POST#4- How my internship is meeting my expectations




Post #4

Date(s): 6/19/15

Activities: Met with my manager, researched html best practices for creating email templates

Technical Information: HTML, Microsoft word

Reflection: On my fourth day of my internship I had my daily checkup with my manager and continued to research the best practices for creating marketing email templates in HTML. By now the internship had surprised me and has gone way above my expectations in terms of stress load and rules. I was expecting SAS to be a very rule based company and have huge amounts of work to be done every day. On my first day I was blown away by the friendliness of the employees and all the beautiful landscapes.

My manager was extremely nice and loved to give me interesting information about the history of programs and SAS. I was given my own office which I did not expect to have at all; I was expecting that I would sit in a cubicle all day. I was given a tour of my floor by the other college interns on my team and was extremely surprised at how friendly they were and ready to answer all my questions.

One other thing I was not expecting was all the services I was able to enjoy every day.  At SAS there are breakrooms which provide the employees with free snacks and drinks. I was amazed that first time employees were allowed to use the breakrooms and take breaks if they need to. I was not expecting for SAS to have an onsite gym, pool, and recreational activities for employees to use, and certainly did not expect that I was allowed to use them as well. For a technology based company I was not expecting to see all kinds of art work scattered around the campus. I was thrilled to see beautiful sculptures and works of art as I love art, and was so thankful for this extraordinary opportunity I had.

Topic: Is my Internship Meeting my Expectations?

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