That basically sums up the middle stage of my internship at JJC. This is a Peruvian construction company, and they were recently in charge of building a new office center. I was lucky enough to be sent to the engineering office that was just one block away from the construction area. (I'm interested in a civil/ environmental engineering or architecture career so this was perfect opportunity for me)
I remember the first day I gave a second thought to the idea, why? Well, I had to wake up at 5:30 am, arrive at the office at 7 am and be there until 5 pm. Since this was happening in Miraflores, leaving the place at 5:15 would mean that I would arrive at my house at around 7 pm. I would work for 10 hours, and be awake for 12 hours. Monday to Wednesday. In addition to that, the only thing keeping a 3x4 room with 6 people in it from becoming an oven, was a miserable fan.
Fortunately, that was the only negative side of my internship so far. Now, I have no previous knowledge of civil engineering or architecture so I couldn't exactly calculate the amount of concrete that a column needed, that was up to the experts. In my case, I have really small and simple jobs. For Example, look for a certain person, ask them for some kind of papers to sign, fill in an excel sheet, etc. Most of the time I spend asking questions. I've asked so many questions that I'm pretty sure I got on the nerves of my boss. (I know this because she sometimes exhaled in frustration)
Now, although I didn't do that much, and honestly found myself bored between time to time, I can't say that I'm not loving the whole experience so far. To begin with, I love the fact that I can actually move around, go to the construction several times means that I'm in constant movement and not sitting in a chair for more that 2 hours. (Time spent filling the spreadsheets). Don't think that's because I don't get the hard job others have, they are in constant movement as well!
Probably on of the most exciting things so far was learning about AutoCad. I am in love with this designing program. It's so hard to manage that it makes me want to stay in my seat until I can make those two lines connect. I remember using Sketchup like a pro, creating a design that to me was amazing. What I thought was amazing, was actual "baby's play". (yeah not even child's play). But don't get me wrong, you can accomplish great work with Sketchup, however, AutoCad was like doing magic. For the past 2 weeks, when bored, I would look at Persi's computer screen, the person in charge of making sure all the plans were correct.
So now I'm thinking, I seem to enjoy what's happening, but could I do this for the rest of my life? There is still a lot I don't know about, so should this be the definite judgment of my future?