As I am reading my fellow bloggers interesting posts and also experiencing everything around me and soaking it up, I feel like we shouldn't be counting days in our blogs but marking the many experiences we are gaining from this project. So far, here at Golfdom, I've done work that no one could even think about doing sitting in a classroom (and that doesn't include the morning coffee run for my fellow employees). I started this week with a loose itinerary but as the week progressed I've nailed down a week by week schedule that has at least one main goal to accomplish for the magazine. The cool thing about the way this (North Coast Media) company works is the placement of all their magazines in one office space. This allows for contributions of different editors and other workers into other magazines that have different view points and perspectives.
Even though I'm working for Golfdom Magazine, some other guys from different "departments" might ask me to do a small internet job for them, possibly from Landscape Management. This being said, my schedule consists of work I want to accomplish for Golfdom but hopefully I'll be working for the masses during my stay here at North Coast Media.
Going back to my first point, of not counting this experience by the days but instead by the things we learn over the course of 4.5 weeks. I've decided that no matter how many days we have left or how many days I've been in the office, it's the first hand experiences that some people never get to experience until they are on pay-roll. From now on, I'll be titling my blogs with memories and experiences, not a typical "Day 3 - recap" or "Overview of Day 3."
I'm excited to continue my journeys through business life as well as magazine life. Since our generation is known for the technology intelligence, I've been assigned to start expanding the digital subscription for Golfdom and reach out to regional and student chapters for golf superintendents!
Sawyer, I really agree with you about not titling our posts about how many days we have left, because all in all, it doesn't really matter, there are only so many experiences we have left and we should appreciate all of them. I'm not sure about the rest of us, but since Madi and I are in Canada and away from our families, it'd be too easy to count the days until we fly back, but I like the idea of thinking of our days by experience rather than minutes and ours and super extremely long subway rides (ugh).
ReplyDeleteAlso I just think it's cool that you're immersed in the work environment. Madi and I just to be re-immersed in a bilingual school environment rather than really put ourselves out there in the working industry, which works for us, but I love reading about the other students who get to go get coffee for the big shots. Even that sounds cool, and sort of like the Devil wears Prada. But every coffee you get, or assignment you get to work on or every french conversation we carry is one less that we get to do before it's over, and then it's straight back into the heavy school environment that we feel like we just got out of.
Sounds like you're having great experiences, excited to read more!