I found myself thinking last night (When I forget to take a melatonin, that thinking thing tends to happen a lot…and I mean a lot alot) about whether or not I should try and pursue an internship while abroad in Hong Kong. The program provider, Syracuse University, helps students try and find a suitable internship while abroad if they qualify. I qualify, but I’m not yet sure that I want to devote a month’s full time work to a payless internship.
The pros are obvious in certain terms, with resume experience being the most clear cut. There are supposedly “networking” possibilities, but that is all BS in my book anyway. I agree networking is helpful, but something tells me that the Citicorp or HSBC manager isn’t going to remember the white American guy who worked here for a month. Still the line on the resume that say:
Intern, JPMorgan Chase, Hong Kong, Nov-Dec 2009
seems pretty sweet to me. I also weirdly like the idea of being in such a vibrant city for a long-ish period with the very typical 9-5 schedule. Doing it in Hong Kong seems like the best place in the world, because every night after 5 could be a new adventure. Additionally, it really would be the way to experience the 9-5 for better or worse.
On the flip side is the easier option of “Independent Study,” which to me sounds like a fancy way to say “do nothing and or travel.” While this would normally strike me as the immediate best choice, I just don’t know why, but I’m not pulled toward this with as much gusto as I’d expect. I’ll see some of Thailand, and I plan on hitting up Cambodia and Vietnam during my stay regardless. Beyond that, I plan on doing research at GW in the spring, so maybe a year of research isn’t my thing.
Evan, I personally think you should skip the internship and soak of the experience of living. But whatever. What is more important is the question: why did you change the name of the blog??
I changed the name because I wanted it to be more descriptive and less “insider” about the jokes.
i would totally do the independent study thing, because im cool and lazy like that and would go hang outside television studios or try to sneak into concerts when taylor swift is on tour in hong kong…BUT that said, if you’re thinking of doing the internship that is probably really good and sensible in this economy…you know? well, trust your instincts I suppose. And way to be lame evan, “insider” jokes are the best…descriptive. pish posh…