Last Friday marked the end of my #UberSTAR internship. To be completely honest, I had prepared a long and touching post about my work at Uber’s M3 Amsterdam team, about how much I enjoyed it and what I learned. This post was saved as a draft and I accidentally deleted it, so to save us all some time, I am going to just give the highlights of my internship.
1. I learned a lot. I wasn’t familiar with a single tool from the tech stack (not even the programming language), but by the end of the internship I felt like I am confident enough to not only use the tools, but also bring them together to create something whole. In addition, once again I realised that no matter how much or little you know, you should never be afraid to ask questions - you may sound a little dumb at some point in the process, but believe me when I say it, it is always better than being dumb.
2. My team was awesome 🤩. I know this is quite a basic thing to say, but they taught me that you don’t need to be the same as everyone to fit. Both me and them didn’t have a lot of interning experience, but eventually we kicked it off (I’m even feeling a little nostalgic writing this)! Dmitrii Lobanov closely mentored me throughout my whole internship. Matas Gaulia helped me get through tasks that I was struggling with for days on end. Emmanuel Chukwu made me feel not alone when debugging for hours in the beginning of my internship. Of course, nothing would be the same without Roman Mazhut’s initiative coffee chats that made me feel part of the team for the first time. Thank you for everything, guys!
3. Uber is heaven for an intern (and not only perhaps). :) They have food, parties, and cool people - is there more to ask for? (Yes, the only photos I have are from company parties.)
I’m glad I got to experience this internship and I give it 5⭐️!
This post was inspired by Aleksandra Kierska (left), who taught me to be proactive in LinkedIn (and everywhere else).
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