My last mission
at AdvantEdge was the most stimulating factor during the course of my
internship. I had the opportunity to work on a book project and what motivated
me was that everyone at work worked as a whole team. I was assigned various
tasks and the first one consisted to review some documents and extract
information based on some themes that I was given. The work had to be accurate
and precise. It was whole like an assignment at university and it helped me
learn how important you have to double check your information when doing
research, especially in our domain, so as not to lose credibility. I was also
assigned to extract numbers and tables from various documents and ended up
doing nearly 20 graphs which would be included in the book. Even when doing
that, I had to double check my information so as to provide a professional
work. I should admit that going through these documents was not a big fun
because it was time consuming but I had to do so to produce my piece of work.
This is when I learned
that things do not always go as you which in work but it is your responsibility
to adapt to work. You have to be very organized to meet deadlines and verify
your syntax, just like we learned at university and I think that’s the basic
similarity of theory and practice in work. You always have to develop on that
yourself through research and observation, which only you can do to progress.
What I can
assure you through is that the feeling of the final product is really worth it
and if you are able to develop your skills through a process like this, you’ve
grown a lot, not just professionally but also on the human ground. I learned
that each task is a new learning process and it a challenge for yourself to
develop and build on that.
Regards,
Beatrice
Etiennette
15633006
Charles Telfair Institue
