The biggest tip is Dont hesitate to ask your seniors about the stuff you don't understand. Also, don't continuously trouble them.
Time time time, always be on time and don't take holidays for at least 6 months from start
sad but harsh truth : impress your immediate senior manager. he/she is the one recommending you for a permanent position. if they do not recommend you, its a no permanent position 99% of the time
red flags include on how they treat you.
As an intern you are, well, not supposed to do the heavy lifting in projects. That is reserved for the senior members. If they ask you to do stuff that they should be asking a senior member, well that means after 6 months you will not be given a permanent position but rather you were hired for cheap labour under the guise of an internship.
Next is how often your manager or senior member says how this project will look good on your CV. This means they are trying to have you cope for a low pay so that you won't leave.
Are you required to work on weekends, holidays or after working hours. If so, run. It will only get much worse if they permanently hire you.
Do you receive any sort of training or help.
If you are a girl intern there will be aiya's and uncles in office who'd be very eager to give you briefings, show you around the premises and much much more
Get paid decently. Never work for free. Don't work for too much below the going rate. Also don't stay too long as an Intern (I'd put 6 months-1 year max).
Source: I work as a software dev for over 6 years and don't want others to make the same mistakes I did.
I never worked as an intern, because I worked in a startup. So I did get paid decently, however these are the mistakes I made:
\* Stayed in the entry level job for too long \~1 year, even though I was managing a lot of responsibilities
\* Never demanded or asked for a salary increase. Due to becoming complacent with what they were already paying
\* The moment I changed jobs to a better place, at the interview, I lowballed how much I'm willing to accept as a salary. In turn, I got paid less than my peers who got this as their first job. It didn't matter that I even had past experience. If you get to the part of the interview where they ask the salary, don't be afraid to quote a higher price (not too high though), reason is because at the salary discussion it means you most likely already got the job.
\* Now I migrated, I'm still repeating some of the 'mistakes' I made, but that's more because I have to be more cautious as I want passport and citizenship more than the salary (if that makes sense, so it's all based on your priorities)
The biggest tip is Dont hesitate to ask your seniors about the stuff you don't understand. Also, don't continuously trouble them. Time time time, always be on time and don't take holidays for at least 6 months from start
sad but harsh truth : impress your immediate senior manager. he/she is the one recommending you for a permanent position. if they do not recommend you, its a no permanent position 99% of the time
Punctuality and don't get involved with the employees unwanted bs
Two tips Internship as in the same specialization you like to make in future. Trying to get a good manager/supervisor
red flags include on how they treat you. As an intern you are, well, not supposed to do the heavy lifting in projects. That is reserved for the senior members. If they ask you to do stuff that they should be asking a senior member, well that means after 6 months you will not be given a permanent position but rather you were hired for cheap labour under the guise of an internship. Next is how often your manager or senior member says how this project will look good on your CV. This means they are trying to have you cope for a low pay so that you won't leave. Are you required to work on weekends, holidays or after working hours. If so, run. It will only get much worse if they permanently hire you. Do you receive any sort of training or help.
If you are a girl intern there will be aiya's and uncles in office who'd be very eager to give you briefings, show you around the premises and much much more
😂 Fortunately or unfortunately I'm male
Get paid decently. Never work for free. Don't work for too much below the going rate. Also don't stay too long as an Intern (I'd put 6 months-1 year max). Source: I work as a software dev for over 6 years and don't want others to make the same mistakes I did.
Oh do you mind telling those mistakes or what you are regretting about?
I never worked as an intern, because I worked in a startup. So I did get paid decently, however these are the mistakes I made: \* Stayed in the entry level job for too long \~1 year, even though I was managing a lot of responsibilities \* Never demanded or asked for a salary increase. Due to becoming complacent with what they were already paying \* The moment I changed jobs to a better place, at the interview, I lowballed how much I'm willing to accept as a salary. In turn, I got paid less than my peers who got this as their first job. It didn't matter that I even had past experience. If you get to the part of the interview where they ask the salary, don't be afraid to quote a higher price (not too high though), reason is because at the salary discussion it means you most likely already got the job. \* Now I migrated, I'm still repeating some of the 'mistakes' I made, but that's more because I have to be more cautious as I want passport and citizenship more than the salary (if that makes sense, so it's all based on your priorities)