Re: Intern advice

["Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- EXPERSOFT -dot- COM>]

>ERIC RAY wrote:
>>Would you rather have your students intern at Mongo, Inc., or a three
>>person startup company. Why?
>
>Guy McDonald wrote:
>>Better for students to intern at MONGO, Inc.  *Even if* the startup company
>>consists of 3 technical writing gurus.
>
Heather Searl wrote:

>The Mongo names on my resume have opened the door to more than 1 interview for me, but I learned diddly-squat while I was with those companies.  [snip]
>
>At the 2-person company I learned more in 4 months than in the rest of my work terms combined. [snip]

Sorry, Guy. I have to agree with Heather and Eric. AAMOF, I often discard
resumes that show a history of working for large companies only. I generally
need someone who can juggle many different projects and wear many different
hats, turn on a dime, gimme nine cents change, and look good doin' it.  ;-)
You don't get this kind of experience or develop this kind of work style
working for Amalgamated Conglomerate. Usually, you get kinda lazy working
there.  ;-)


Susan W. Gallagher               Manager, Technical Publications
sgallagher -at- expersoft -dot- com         Expersoft Corporation, San Diego CA
                                 http://www.expersoft.com

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