My Internship, Part 2

My previous internship post was not even a month old and I already have something to post regarding my internship experience again. Last Thursday, the 5 of us were involved in our first extra activity for HP. It was HP's Sports Day. Similar with school, employees were all assigned into 6 different team colours. We interns were somehow pulled-in to help out for the event to assist in coordinating registration and prize giving. One whole day no need to work :P. 

Interns in our team colour.

Purple won 2nd overall, at least i got to pose with the champion's trophy xD

Yesterday, my working team and a few other teams went for team building at Asian Water Sport Village, Puchong. Being an adrenaline junky and a semi-adventurous person, I had a great time. The games we played were so awesome and exciting. The feeling of being overthrown into a lake from that thingy I was lying on while being pulled by a speed boat is just so WOAH!

Our mission is to be on this thing till the end of the ride

The moment you lose your balance

Swimming as a group in a line, from the middle of the lake back to the mainland

My neck and arms are aching now from all the exercise yesterday.

Currently working on 3 projects all using different technologies in a mobility team. So much learning to do. Another batch of interns coming in next month and we will then be seniors. Haha! I am sure there will be a part 3 post soon.

My Internship, Part 1

Today, I officially completed my fourth week of internship in HP and oh boy, what an amazing experience it was. In just four weeks, I had been through and learned so much. My current batch (including me) consists of five interns from two different universities and we are the guinea pigs for HP new internship programme structure.

During the first week of intern, we were given training and exposure on several of the technologies used by HP. Through this training, I found out that there were so many technologies use by the industries that I have never heard about. After the training on the second week, we were given a mini project where we were supposed to apply most of the technologies we learned during the training and this project is to be completed within 2 weeks.

Therefore, we began working on the project with barely any experience in those technologies, working extra hours for several days, seeking experts help for each particular technology and having several checkpoint meetings with the manager. After 2 weeks, we finally presented our work to a director, managers and several staff. Those 2 weeks had really been taxing for us. I had to produce an analytic report which I have NO EXPERIENCE using that software and never heard of it until I join HP and also code PHP for the mobile app we were developing. I really thank God I used PHP for my fyp. All I have to do is reuse my codes with a bit of changes here and there.

All our hardwork, time and agony were eventually paid off as the director and managers were satisfied with our work. Never I would have imagine we will able to deliver a project with a wide scope, limited time and almost zero experience. I am really proud of our achievement.

Well, this is just the beginning. The 5 of us were split into two different group today to work with different managers on different projects. I will post on my next internship experience in part 2 after a few weeks. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank a friend who was willing to listen to me release stress and complain. xD