Hey, guys. It's been awhile. I've been really busy with school and stuff. At the beginning of the semester I mentioned that I was in an internship program at my local trade school and that I was going to be "outsourced"/sent to other companies in the area to do intern work and learn. Well, the instructor for the program ended up keeping me at the school doing his job which has very little objectives and is totally opposite of my goal. Even when I brought up getting sent somewhere, he'd say he was on it and never did anything. The new semester is starting and I just don't want any of my time wasted. I'm already a little behind cause it's been over six months since I passed the CCNA and my knowledge hasn't been used at all. I don't regret the last semester or anything because the instructor really did help me in other ways, but I'm going to definitely utilize the rest of the year to my advantage.I went to my Cisco teacher from last year for help in what to do about it and within some conflict resolution work at the school, she got permission to get a business for me. Within three days she was able to get a guy from CityNet(business ISP in WV) interested in me and wanting to conduct an interview. I'm really pumped because I have been interested in WANs for awhile. This is the perfect opportunity and their internships often turn into employment. If I could get hired on there right after I graduate and at 18, man that would sweet. This is basically just an update for the four months or so I haven't been here. :P Finally something in the real world!
UPDATE: I started yesterday. I have some really good feelings about this. I'm working with the two engineers at this branch and the gap between my knowledge and theirs is larger than I expected. I'm used to never being challenged and yesterday holding conversation during my tour about the equipment and technologies was a challenge. My plan is to just be a sponge for knowledge and make the best of my time here. The environment is easily the most relaxed I've felt and the people in the branch are really cool. There are about six people in the entire building, which is decently sized. The man who hired me is really friendly and cool, too. It'd be awesome if I was kept after the internship. There are a few pretty big racks for the engineers projects and the guys have shown that they're willing to work through things with me and told me that whatever area I want to work in, whether it be routing and switching or server applications and stuff, that's what we'll do. They're Linux users, as well, which makes everything easier. 15 Hours a week contractually, though I may do a little extra here and there. So pumped.
