So it’s been a month and a half in my internship, and I’ve done so many things. I just have to go through some of them. I have been:
- Assembly line worker – Or what amounts to it. Between me and about 10 other people we went through several thousand laptops, replacing motherboards and hard drives on the majority of them. After a while we got it down to about 5 minutes to take it apart, replace the parts and put it back together.
- Mover – Had to go to a school and take out some old equipment to make room for the new one. In and out of classes filled to the brim with excitable youth wondering what the two men were doing with their computers, then whooping for joy when they found out they’d shortly be having newer, better, faster stuff.
- Hand model – I helped with a brief little tutorial on setting up some Cisco IP telephony equipment. Just had to hold a few cables and boxes while someone took picture. Finally, someone recognizes the beauty of these bad boys!
- Handy-man – Had to put together several push carts with the other guys. Maybe it’s because I’m Latino and we do everything so well, or maybe it’s a testament to my work ethic, but when it came time to screw in the front doors, I was done with both front doors in less time than it took the other guys to finish screwing in the back door! If nothing else, I could probably find lucrative work as a plumber or construction worker.
- Convention staff – See my previous post about the Delta Tech Summit. Basically that, normal convetion staff work such as guiding guests around, handling equipment, etc.
I’m sure there’s more, but right now I can’t think of much more right now. I’m more focused on my Stronglifts workout coming up in less than an hour. Today marks my first week of Stronglifts and Olympic weightlifting training in general. I’ll probably write a post about it after I’m done feeling sore and tired.
