Well. It's 2022 now. Save to say that 2021 was a rather interesting year. Now onwards to my internship.
For me to pass, I needed to do an internship. This was nothing new to me, as I knew what I needed to do as an intern. I got the experience, so I knew nothing can go wrong. At first, I wanted to work at a production house. But in my mind, I wanted to do something else, something I knew would sort of is vital for me in the future - I decided to do a social media marketing internship. Not going to lie, I am not a big fan of marketing or social media. I only like using social media to look for ideas and just catch up with people. I never liked marketing because I just don't have the drive for it. I have a lot more passion for photography and videography. I tried doing marketing, but I just didn't click with it. I didn't really like analysing people, analysing demographics or anything, I just wanted to be part of the creative process. I only wanted to do this marketing internship for me just to do the bare minimum in marketing. So, at least I knew the basics of how to market myself better. If it's for a freelance job, I don't mind doing it, but if it's for a corporate job, I would rather just not do it.
So, I manage to get a contact from Mohnish. He helped me pass over the people whom I needed to contact. After contacting the guy, it took some time for the employer to respond. Mind you, it was the end of the year, and companies needed to hit their goals, so I knew why it took a while. Manage to secure an interview. I knew that I was going to do well in this interview. I just needed to be confident in myself. And before you know it, I manage to get the job. One thing I liked about the job is, that I was able to work from home. Which I liked, because of how the pandemic has taught people that we don't need to be on-site at all times to work. Unless you are a doctor, lawyer, dentist, etc, then that requires you to be on-site at all times. So in my role, I told my future boss that I was good at photography and videography. That's all I knew. So, I was glad that I didn't have to do any graphic designing or anything.
On my first day of work, I like the atmosphere of the office. It's one of those types of offices which allows you to relax, and be yourself. It had that open concept to it. Which I liked. All my colleagues are nice. So overall, a solid 10/10 for my first day.
My normal day consisted of just doing my respective tasks. Whether that includes me editing videos, pictures and other shit, that is what I usually get up to doing. Sometimes I would be planning video ideas and execute them when I'm at the office. I usually go into the office 3 times a week, followed by the other 2 days of me working at home. As a month went by, I decided to just work at home. I felt like I can get more work done at home. But I was glad that the company doesn't care if you are at the office or at home. The most important thing is to complete your work.
As time went on, I experienced times when I really fucked up, or just let myself down. I remember I had a task to do. I needed to take pictures for this event. I knew that I am going to be taking pictures of all these big bosses. So obviously I wanted to make a good impression on them. My mind before the day itself. "I've done this shit before, just go there and take pictures", well, it wasn't smooth sailing - I learnt an important thing that day - "planning". That single can fuck you over, or make you do something good. Let's just say that I took it for granted. I did not even plan for the event. I can see my boss was disappointed in me. Or even pissed off at me. I never wanted to go to the office that day and see my boss. I just thought I would get a bollocking. But I decided that for me to learn, I need to make mistakes, and ask for feedback. When I saw my boss, he was not pissed off at me. I asked him "Boss, I wanted to ask about that day. May I know what did I do wrong?". My Boss is a nice guy. He was not angry at me. He was glad that I asked him what I did wrong. He said it in a calm voice. He told me that I just needed to plan better. After he said them words, I was confident again. I knew that there's going to be another event soon. So I knew that I just take this as an experience, and make sure I don't fuck it up again. I had times when I had to do graphic design. Even the bare minimum of graphic design, I can't handle it. I even told my Boss that I can do it. But I had no choice but to do it because my supervisor was out sick. I knew that I just needed to try to complete the task. But somehow I manage to complete it.
What this internship taught me is planning. That experience of me fucking up taught me a lot of things. No matter what you do in life, it's important to always plan ahead. Safe to say, thanks to me fucking up, every time the company has an event, I knew what I needed to do and how to handle it. I still remember handling an event on my last day, and I remember that was the best day I've ever had in the company. I remember that I planned out this day properly from start to finish and it was a success. Everyone was happy with my performance and safe to say that I did my job. I learnt from my mistake. I'm quite sad that I'm leaving this company because they gave me so much and thanks to them, it gave me a chance to do things which I liked to do. It gave me an opportunity for me to make mistakes and not get judged. It just gave me the freedom to do things I like and not get punished for it.
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Failure
Ficção AdolescenteA person who finishes school faces the harsh reality of life. He's always constantly failing. But whenever he achieves something, it always takes the turn for its worst.
