IS480 Internship with C4

Evaluate the success of your internship. Reflect on what was most effective and what was most challenging.     Since my internship is going to continue through the spring semester, I would not classify it as a “success” but rather still a “work in progress.”   I am extremely grateful to be able to continue on with C4 and get more opportunities to expand my knowledge.   I have gained significantly more knowledge about IT in Healthcare as my weeks progressed during the winter quarter.   It helps that Todd is a charismatic individual who strives to include me whenever it is possible so that I can get the most out of learning about his business. His willingness and enthusiasm towards including me is very much appreciated.   What has been effective is his flexibility to work around my schedule.   We might not get to have daily sessions, between his own personal work duties and my schedule, but we make it work to get at least 2 sessions a week together.   Now that I am going over t

  What is the one thing you would strive to improve upon? One of my character faults is not being able to step away from controlling/leading out of habit when I am not sure of the power dynamics in the situation I am in.   For example, when I am doing sessions with Todd, I know to take his lead and follow in his direction rather than taking the lead from him.   I know that he is my superior in knowledge and experience, so I am comfortable stepping back and taking his direction. On the other hand, during group work for classwork assignments, I have found myself to step into the leader role whether or not I was assigned out of habit.   I have found myself taking the initiative to set meeting dates with ample time for my group to complete the work.   During those meetings I usually have an agenda in mind with all my material prepared before the meeting time.   For the most part, I don’t think this has caused a conflict with my groupmates.   However, while my willingness to step into

  Prompt: two weeks ago, your journal prompt laid out a professional networking strategy with some immediate tasks; discuss what progress have you made on them.   To be honest, I have not made much progress on my professional networking strategy.   My reasoning is that I am continuing with my internship position through the spring quarter.   I figure that I will have more opportunities to continue to add to my IT professional contacts list as I have more exposure through C4. I also plan on sending out resumes before the spring quarter ends to get a feel of what jobs are out there, as well as to see what employees are looking for.