It’s our final week in Dublin and the thought of leaving feels very bittersweet. I’m ready to leave and return to normalcy (I need to sleep), but I’ll also miss my friends and the new freedoms I had abroad that I didn’t have in the States. Dublin has turned into a second home for me,…
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Success and Value
Coming into this internship, I assumed success would mean pretty much the same thing everywhere. This would be making deadlines, performing well, and showing initiative. And in many ways, that still is true. But after spending a summer working in economic research at Trinity College Dublin, I have come to see that how success is…
Context and Bray
Before coming to Dublin for my internship in economic research, I assumed communication would not be a major hurdle. After all, Ireland and the United States both speak English, and both are considered relatively lower context cultures. But as I quickly learned, language is only the surface, it is the cultural rhythm, tone, and even…
Week 8 – Global Competency and Expectations
In my host culture, success in a professional setting seems to be more about what you actually get done during the day rather than focusing on the number of hours you spend doing it. There is a clear emphasis on maintaining relationships, and they seem to have a much healthier work-life balance than we do…
Week 8 — Global Competency & Expectations
Week 8 – Global Competency and Expectations How does your host culture define “success” in a professional sense? What makes a successful/effective employee in your internship and industry? How do behaviors and actions of a “successful” employee differ in your host vs. home country? I think success can be defined in a lot of different…
Week 5 – IIP Dublin
Wow! already halfway done with the IIP? Time flies! This week I had a bit of a crazy adventure-I hiked the Wicklow Way! The Wicklow Way is an 81 mile hiking trail in the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland. It is considered one of the most beautiful long distance hikes in Ireland and sits just southwest…
Week 4 – IIP Dublin
Wow, week 4 already!? Time flies in Dublin! This week I went on a few mini adventures. I checked out a harbor in a little town east of UCD and the Wetherspoons in Dun Laoghaire. I didn’t expect for the ocean to be so easily accessible and beautiful as it has been here. It only…
Week 8 & Final Reflection
During my internship in Dublin, I had the chance to experience how another culture approaches work, success, and communication on a day-to-day level. One of the biggest things I noticed is that in Ireland, “success” in a professional setting isn’t only about delivering results or hitting KPIs, it’s also about being easy to work with,…
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