Mid Summer Institute Reflection Part II

         This is the second part of the Mid Summer Internship evaluation, responding to the blog prompts from the Computer Science Department:

Ask your supervisor for a mid-term performance review, and write about what you learned.

        I asked Dr. Jan for an evaluation of my work during our 1on1 meeting and I was pleasantly surprised by her view of my work. She reiterated what she has told me before, which is that she thinks I am a very fast worker, who gets things right. This is a good trait because she can give me different tasks and can rely on me. On the other hand, she hinted that I could work on trusting the process a little more. It was nice to hear as well, because I tend to control the process sometimes, instead of trusting that some aspects of it will get done by other people on their own time.

What have you learned from the routine or boring parts of the internship? Explain.

        This is an amazing question because at first, some parts of the internship seemed really boring and even stressful. However, my natural gut reaction to them was to continue working. After some time, I started figuring out what I find enjoyable and started capitalizing on that. I definitely love working with people, and for the last two weeks, I have been asking for more collaborative projects. If I could not work with people, I would find ways to spend time with other members outside of our normal work hours.

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