Please help? I feel that I am not competent for this internship.?

Question

Please help? I feel that I am not competent for this internship.?

I am working at this place and compared to all the other interns, I do not have as much computer experience as them. I've made a few careless mistakes that I feel terrible about. I spoke to him about it and I am trying to improve. I feel that my boss doesn't want me there. He gives me very easy jobs and doesn't take the time to teach me the more difficult things. When I first worked there, I worked on great things, now he doesn't give me big projects to work on. I feel like shhittte. He is not the kind of guy that would fire someone. I feel like I am taking up space over there. Should I ask him to give me bigger projects to work on?

Answer 1

Yes, I think you should talk to him, and tell him that you want to improve. Show that you are determined to do better. It's always important to talk in such circumstances.

Answer 2

The only way your boss is going to know that you want bigger projects and to learn more (which is the reason you're there, by the way...) is for you to tell him what you're thinking. Don't think of your internship as an internship... think of it as a JOB. That's the reason you're there. You work, they benefit, and so do you. For your situation, you benefit by knowledge. If you're not learning, then do something about that. Tell him you want to learn. If you want to know more about the computer end of it, ask him if you can 'buddy up' with someone that works there full time, and see if they can teach you more of what you don't know. Your boss will see it as initiative, and think better of you. The workplace is all about making your boss feel that you're competent. Prove it to him. You know you can succeed.

My boyfriend was the same way, took a job, only it was a full time job, and he felt like he didn't deserve to be there. He finally listened to me and talked to his boss. The decided to send him to school, and now he's one of the people that has been there the longest, and knows just as much if not more than everyone else there.

Good luck, honey. It will get better. But you have to do it for yourself!! :)

Answer 3

If you have screwed some things up, maybe you should not be pressuring him for big assignments yet. Maybe you should focus on doing an outstanding job on what he does give you, and use as much time as possible to learn from the more advanced interns. (Suck up to them, buy them lunch, what ever it takes to befriend them and have them be helpful to you.)

Then wait for your opportunity to use what you learn to contribute in a way that will be positive and noticeable. And if that doesn't happen, at least you will have taken advantage of the internship to learn (which is what it is all about).

Answer 4

It sounds like you go to a state university or liberal arts college for your "real education." So community college is not the answer. I feel that the others' answers were, in general, correct, however. I feel also that this is one summer in your overall career. Don't quit. Internships are experience. Internships are ways that companies identify future employees. Internships are free labor in which bosses tell interns to do useless things. Internships are ways in which students identify future nonemployers. Internships are the preludes to new years at school (in your case, the real world).

Answer 5

i'd say keep with it
there may be classes you could take at a community college
if you like what your doing
take everything as a learing experience
and keep honest communication with your boss