http://www.nihongo-app.com/

Serpenti Sei LLC

Game Programming Intern

June 2019 • Putney, VT

What I liked

I liked the flexible hours, the fact that I am working on a project that feels meaningful/that I personally am invested in, and especially the opportunities I have to learn new skills while also participating in important meetings and having a fair amount of creative control/space to contribute my ideas and have them taken seriously. This is an excellent job in many ways, especially because I actively enjoy learning as much as I can from every new employment opportunity rather than relying on existing skills.

What I wish was different

Communication about when I had actually been hired/what I was committing to wasn't quite clear at the beginning, and there were some expectations that weren't explicitly laid out from the start. Part of this was probably because I already knew my employers personally, so perhaps they thought I already understood things from my prior knowledge of them outside the workplace. As a new employee in a very new kind fo work environment, though, it might have been helpful to have expectations with regard to communication and scheduling put in writing for me at the outset, but my employers were very responsive to feedback on this issue, so I'm not left "wishing it could have been different". Instead, I'm actively working with my employers to improve the situation for all of us, which is great!

Advice

When working remotely or partially remotely, ask your supervisor what their expectations are with regard to communication and have them set a standard from the outset-- don't just rely on trying to match the existing company culture.
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