Though my internship is remote at home, I met and talked with my supervisor, Janet, at the beginning of my internship. We made our meeting at a Starbucks by Tempe campus, so the whole meeting was casual and informal, feeling like chatting with a new friend.
Of course, our conversation began with introducing ourselves. Janet have been working for this company for 4 years remotely as a marketing analyst. She really loves this job because she could move from east coast to Arizona without losing her job! I think it is amazing to see how telecommunication techniques help people working regardless of geographic distance and gaining more freedom, rather than bonding to on location for several years and losing a desired job if he or she wants to move. As she came from east coast, I have to say that she talked really fast and sometimes I had problems catching her. Yet, she was nice enough to slow down her talking for me.
Besides, she talked a lot about the work and internship. Since she has been working in the marketing industry for years, she told me this work asked for people who was able to look into details and handle numbers. Most of the times working with analysis and research required one to find problems and rules out of a welter of numbers. If someone cannot be patient and calming down, it would be really boring to do this job. This is also why I enjoyed this internship, as I like the feeling to find order out of disorder.
Also, we talked about my background. She was interested in why I came all the way from China to USA for education. I told her it was because USA had more experience in nonprofit management so I could bring what I learnt here back to China some day. She said she would love to visiting Asian countries in the future and it would be a very different and rewarding experience.
It is always nice to communicate with my supervisor about internship and other topics, no matter it is in person, over the phone or emails. I can learn a lot from her I believe!
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