Blog Post #12

In two weeks, you will be in your internship showcasing the skills and talents you have developed while at Year Up. Create and publish a 200 - 250 word blog post on some or all of the following points:

Which of these skills do you anticipate you’ll get to display first?
What is one question you have at the front of your mind as you approach internship? (Except for where you will be interning)
What kind of office environment do you hope to work in?
What kind of manager do you think you will work well under?
What hard and/or soft skills do you hope to develop while at your internship?
What anxieties (if any) do you have about your internship?
How do you plan to stand out while at your internship?
Do you have a tentative plan for what you’ll do after your internship? If yes, what is it?


I suspect that I will need to build on my testing skills as I my primary responsibilities will be in QA. As such I will have the opportunity to display my ability to focus and complete my assigned tasks. After I have gained more experience I hope to be able to display specific QA skills such as building high quality test cases.

I would hope that the office environment at my internship will be on the casual side. I’m not fond of dressing in a highly traditional fashion and would appreciate a little room in that regard. However, I would also hope that the office environment is goal or task oriented while remaining friendly. I find that I work best in a fairly structured environment that does not put too much emphasis on competition or stringent time constraints. I like being given a task and all the tools that I require and then being allowed to have at it. For this reason I think I would work best under a more organized and project focused manager.

As is usual I have some reservations as to what the work will really be like and how I will be able to accomplish my tasks, but these are all mostly irrational anxieties at this point. I don’t foresee these anxieties presenting a problem for me.