How do you manage your time as an intern?
Software Engineering Intern at Samsaraa year ago
I’ve had trouble with this historically, my output per day is inconsistent. I’ll have days where I grind for 12 hours, and other days where I don’t really do anything.
Here are some of the ways I have unproductive days:
- “I’ll just watch this YouTube video”
- “I’ll just grab this snack”
- “I’m blocked by this person”
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(1 comment)- a year agoRobinhood, Meta, Course Hero, PayPal
- Use the time pressure inherently baked into your internship: Keep in mind the amount of days you have left until your mid-cycle review and final review. If you want to make it more concrete, add a countdown to your computer or track it physically with a calendar.
- Leverage social pressures: If you can, go into the office. It's awkward to watch a YouTube video in front of your hard-working coworkers; this environment will make you want to be super productivity. If you can't go into the office, try virtual coworking, which is just a bunch of engineers hanging out passively on a video call. This is something I did among the Robinhood Android team.
- Have a daily goal: After defining it, make it more concrete by adding it somewhere to your computer or having a physical sticky note. Adhering to this the first couple times will be the hardest: After you get into the rhythm, your brain will register it as a habit and will just naturally want to achieve something every day!
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