First Day as an intern

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, my carrier path just started last week as a trainee software engineer. I think it was an important week because I had to do a lot of adjustments to fit into my working environment. In this blog post I'm gonna share how I did that. 

So let me start with my first day as a trainee software engineer. I woke up on that day with a little excitement and a feeling of uncertainty and of course nervous. I suddenly wasn't sure about anything on that morning. I planned everything on previous night. What to wear, how to put my hair, how I go there, what to bring and even practiced how to smile. :) But in the morning I was like, OH my god! I will look like an alien if I go dressed up like this, what if there is too much traffic and I get late? Do I have everything I need or did I miss something?. So many worries..

You may have already experienced your first day at work, but there can be few others who are looking forward to get that experience. This can be a help to them. This is how I survived the first day of my internship. I'll start with my dress. Actually I have been to my work place few times before for the interviews and I saw how people there dress. So I had a basic idea on how to dress. If you don't know anything about your future working environment, I suggest you select formal dressing. It may be too much. But over dressing is always better than under dressing. In my case my choice was fine.

If you don't know how to get there you must go really early because finding the way to your work station may not be as easy as you thought. Believe me you really don't wanna be late on your first day. In my case I went there half an hour earlier. And that extra time actually helped me settle down. 

On your first day you may not know what to bring. May be you can ask someone if there are additional things you must bring.  For example some of my batch mates were asked to bring police reports and some were asked to bring laptops. If not specifically mentioned something like that, you have to bring your NID, passports if any, a pen and a note book and something to eat if your employer doesn't provide you meals. You must know what NID and passports are needed for. Pen and notebook is to note down any important thing, may be some action you have to perform or some technical detail. You don't wanna forget important things with the excitement of the first day and make a bad impression. Right?

Remember to smile with anyone who comes on your way and be polite. You may be nervous or shy but do it anyway because it is important that everyone knows you are a friendly person. So later if you need any help you can go to them and ask for it. To adjust to the environment, your people skills are really important. All and all you are gonna spend some time there, right?

In my case all the interns from different institutes were gathered together and few presentations were carried out to give us an idea about the company background, the culture, expectations and the internship plan. In such situations pay attention to details, those really are important. You are not a student anymore. You have responsibilities to your company and your company has expectations from you. And you have to understand them. Remember to note down anything important.

In the afternoon we had a workshop and since it is a technical session I thought of writing a separate blog post on that. So I hope there were few things that might be helpful for some of you. Feel free to leave a comment. See you with my next post. :)