I have had two weeks to reflect on what this trip meant to me and what I gained out of it. Similar to the one blog post where I described when I was sitting in the park reflecting on the first half of my study, I spent the week immediately after getting on the plane…
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Last Week Here!!!
The time has finally come, it is the final week in Berlin. It really has been an incredible experience, not only Berlin, but Europe, traveling to Dresden, Prague, Munich, Salzburg, and Potsdam. I saw so many incredible sights and interacted with a ton of interesting people, inside and out of the group from the University…
Cross-Culture Communication
One advantage to being in Germany, as opposed to countries like Spain and France, is that so many people here know English I can often carry conversations with them without hindrance of not knowing how to describe something. All of my co-workers’ language skills are exemplary, so I can always understand the words that they…
Reflection Week
I had such a busy weekend last weekend, where I went to three different cities in two days, that I really did not feel like doing anything spectacular like the week before. Instead, I opted to just explore the nearby area of our hotel. I hadn’t been able to do that yet because I spent…
Learning from a Leader
The ability to take charge of a situation and help guide the group out of it is an important part of setting yourself apart from the rest of the pack when considering recruiting for prospective future job opportunities. Being a leader provides many pathways in business to take charge of your career and take it…
Traveling Across Germany
This question about assimilation into my host country’s culture is very pertinent to my experiences over the past week. I did two things that really got me into German culture while feeling like I am not fully assimilated into the culture. One was with my coworkers at a work event, and one was a personal…
Navigating Difficult Situations
This third week continued to introduce new adventures. I went to a meet up at a coffee shop with a couple of the other companies in the working space. That was a situation of ambiguity defiantly because I’m not used the high intensity networking. It was especially interesting because they were mostly start-up companies. All…
Juggling Work and Play
My first week at the internship was definitely a success. My manager did a great job welcoming me into the company and getting me started on doing meaningful work for the company. I feel as if my work has an immediate and tangible impact on the success of the company, which is so fulfilling for…
Taking it to the Workplace
I am writing this blog post on the eve of my first day of my internship and I am a little nervous about what it holds. We spent this entire week seeing the sights of Berlin and touring Berlin based company campuses to understand the different work environment of a foreign country. Some of the…
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