I hate my internship/regret taking it

engstudent11
Thu, 31 May 2018 01:27:34 +0000

@TomSrOfBoston Yes, this is my first job in my field I’m studying. At the time, I was considering everything I could potentially be qualified for because it is pushed on us that it is better to graduate late rather than graduate with no experience. It also appealed to me because it is a well-known company. This situation was basically my last choice, but also the only one that had a offer for me around Thanksgiving. Most of my advisors were also telling me to contemplate that most summer internships that recruit from my school have their interns lined up by the end of winter break, so even if I didn’t take it I may be looking at taking a semester off anyway if I hadn’t been contacted about interviewing anywhere else. I waited until the last day to contact HR to see if anyone else would interview me, but no one did and I was scared to risk no work experience upon graduation and a full-time job search.

And I was never against a long internship/co-op, it’s just that if I was going to push back everything else I would want it to be in a field I was passionate about. It sounded interesting on paper, but I don’t think it’s for me. I don’t want to work here after graduation and I don’t see myself wanting to work for any of the competitors in the same industry/field of work so I’m contemplating how bad it would hurt my reputation if I did decide to leave.