Accounting Internship
Note: I have decided to turn this into a more personal blog than teaching, although it will still center around studying accounting and beginning a career in accounting!
Monday (January 5th) is a big day for me! I will start my audit internship with a company in Atlanta. I am spending these last few days vacillating between being calm and being completely terrified. Terrified, because I have no idea what it’ll really be like, but then calm because, rationally, I know that none of the other interns know either, and of course we’re not expected to know anything.
It’s still hard to keep from getting anxious over the details–it’s the accounting personality type after all! For example, our orientation schedule shows that on Monday we will receive company laptops. They forgot to mention if we will get carrying cases along with these laptops. So I either show up with nothing, and have to cart an unbagged laptop around (on Atlanta public transit) or I buy a bag. And then what if I bring an (empty) bag with me, only to find that they provide one, so then I have to carry two bags around all day!
Also, what if I get lost on MARTA? Atlanta is like kryptonite to my ability to navigate my way anywhere without getting lost for at least 30 minutes. Sure there’s a stop with the name of the street I’m aiming for, but you never be sure…!
On a similarly anxious note, how many days can you leave brownies out for after you’ve baked them before they become poisonous?
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Congrats on the internship! I have a few friends who are in Accounting and one of them is beginning his internship this term as well. All I can say is that if you know your shit then you should do well. that is if you truly understand the material then do not fear because no one is perfect when it comes to application.
Kelkel: Thanks
. I know that plenty of people have done them before me, and almost always successfully, it’s still a bit scary!
So now that you’re 2 days into your internship, how are things going?
hopefully it wasn’t nearly as scary as you thought!
KelKel: It’s not that scary, but the scary bits are still to come! I am not scheduled to work at a client for another 2 weeks or so, and next week I have meetings with my assigned counselor, partner, buddy, etc. So it’s still scary, haha, but I’m guessing it’ll all turn out fine, as it did for the many others who have gone before me!