I took the better half of the day just ordering a new laptop. They mailed me a new shell for me to swap my DVD Rom/Battery/Hard Drive into, and it arrived in less than 24 hours.
I’ve been given specific deadlines and instructions from my co-workers who have wanted my assistance. Sometimes it’s been 2 hours, or 24 hours. Other times, it’s been defined as a range of 1-2 days or whenever possible. I’ve been punctual and fairly diligent in trying to accomplish everything in a timely manner, but at this stage of my development, I’m more concerned about the accuracy of my work than the speed of it.
The projects so far are not in line with my expectations. This is not a bad thing, because my expectations from the title of the program, Global, Corporate, Finance, and Leadership aspects of it, were skewed and inaccurate to begin with. The Finance and Leadership part I have yet to encounter, but it’s been a relief. There’s much to learn beside being overwhelmed with deriving Financial numbers in the next 2 months, and it’s premature for me to expect to develop the leadership part as a new intern. But they weren’t kidding when they said Global. Everything here is global, and nothing is limited to a certain geography, whether it be just US, or even just the Americas. We have businesses in hundreds of countries, and we deal with all of them at a certain level everyday, whether it be individually or in groups. Some of them are more significant than others, but the exposure of a corporation at such a global scale has been a very pleasant and unexpected surprise.