On-the-Job Training (OJT) is a practical training experience within the authentic work environment, complete with real job descriptions, having superiors, and colleagues. The idea of this college life event appears exciting and enjoyable to me.
Reflecting back in high school, I admired student interns for they seem experts in their chosen fields. So I had this notion that taking an internship or OJT would be a transformational, happy awe-mazing experience.
As someone with advanced computer skills, I envisioned myself in an office setting, collaborating with colleagues and superiors, engaging in various computer tasks such as hardcore programming, encoding, layout design, web development, networking, troubleshooting, and more.
Today, I am officially an intern! I am privileged to undergo my OJT at a specialized IT company ...a company I long to be part of for a very long time, making a dream come true.
Nervousness covered my being during the interview, feeling as if I was under a spell. I gave in to anxiety as the boss asked me about programming. I went blank for a few minutes, but thankfully redeemed myself after, giving him the answer he needed to hear. That instant made me question myself if my three years of study is enough to be doing it for real? Despite these, excitement persists as the boss seems nice and cute.haha.
My expectations were initially high. However, excitement swiftly transformed into disappointment as I was only given a very few and basic tasks. I never got the chance to showcase my skills in hardcore coding, but rather given the task to only manage the website, promote the company, some clerical tasks, and giving tutorial for web designing using HTML, PHP and Javascript, for his elementary sibling.
Seated on a swivel chair at the back part of a four-cornered room, I find myself waiting for an opportunity to engage for real. But boredom prevails, forcing me to fight boredom by engaging in what I can say is a nonsensical activities...such as writing this blog.