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Diary of a Summer Intern
August 24, 2010
Hey Everyone,
So the last couple weeks have been great! I went to a
Silversun Pickups
concert, and explored more of Seattle. As for my internship progress, I was also able to successfully create a demo (need a reminder of what I’m working on? Check out my first post
here
to read more about it) in which I could sync sessions. It had a few bugs, but I was happy to see it working. I didn't get to present it during our project presentations, but the presentation still went pretty well. Unfortunately, I had to go first, which added to my stage fright, but it was nice to get it over with. I was able to relax and watch the other presentations. The interns at my office had really cool projects and it was neat to see what they'd been working on.
Unfortunately, my last week got a bit hectic. I was happy to attend the
Google Ambassador
Summit, but it took two days away from working on my project. The Summit was awesome. We got cool free socks, t-shirts, bags, and even a phone! We learned about a lot of Google products, and got a chance to come up with ideas on how to tell our schools about them. This was neat, but the best thing about the Summit, in my opinion, was that it was held in Mountain View. This enabled me to visit with my friends that were working there this summer. It was really good to see them again.
I was a bit bummed that I didn't get to hang out and socialize with the other ambassadors too much. I still had homework to do for my summer school class and I had to study for the two interviews I had the day following the Summit. I'm hoping I did well enough to get a full-time offer from Google, but I won't know for a couple weeks.
The last two days of my internship included cleaning up my code, packing, eating as much yummy Google food as possible, and going out for pizza with my team. It was really hard to say goodbye to all of them, but nevertheless, my internship had to come to an end.
That about sums up my two weeks. All I have left to say is that interning at Google is an amazing experience, and I'd highly recommend that anyone interested should not hesitate in applying. Visit www.google.com/students for more information.
Bye for now,
Jerrica
Random Google Fact: The Mountain View office has bikes you can ride around campus, including a six person bike, the New York office has scooters you can use to get around, and the Seattle office has kayaks in the lunch room, which you can take and use in the river right next to the office.
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