Internships

How internships have helped me with my career path

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8. About LUCY University of Waterloo (that’s Canada, btw) Math/Accounting Research Intern Lives in Toronto Interested in pursuing design
9. “wait, you’re in accounting but you want to do design???”
10. MY SCHOOL Mandatory to land an internship every year
11. MY SCHOOL Mandatory to land an internship every year e.g. a school year winter term summer term fall term WORK STUDY STUDY study WORK STUDY study study WORK
12. internships SO FAR Audit/Tax at PwC UI/UX Design at Givery (Tokyo incubator) Research at Khazanah
13. internshipS ARE important They stack up your resume Learn relevant things Meet people! Chance for you to try new things
14. INTERNSHIPS allowed ME to... Learn about the real world Gain confidence Understand everyone is multi-talented Switch out of pursuing accounting Be better prepared for full time jobs
15. marks and degrees matter to only an extent. what’s important is what you can do.
16. Internships Volunteer work Projects Events Hackathons Clubs make the best out of it