<p>Posted this on another place, but no answer for some reason(maybe it was mostly business).</p>
<p>Anyways, my major is Mech. Engr. and I am on the sophomore. I have been told many times internships are the most important things for your resume.</p>
<p>The thing is:can you fail your internships if you are not good enough?I am not good at AutoCad,so does that mean I will not be able to keep it?I just need some ideas on what you do and what goes on.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>You could always get better at what you’re not good at.
It’s just like a regular job in that you get paid for being useful.</p>
<p>My son just graduated in ME and is starting a PhD in Nuclear Eng. He says that having an internship shows you are special enough to get one . My son had a PAID internship with GE in Ohio. They have a huge program for interns in many divisions .He got 21 an hour and time and a half on Saturdays . I think this just helps you stand out from other candidates .Depending on where you are geographically ,this may be hard to get but it is worth it to try to get one .</p>
<p>Well that’s the thing:Can you fail this?</p>
<p>I am not particularly good at AutoCad, but that’s just one part. I am sure they will train you before all this right?</p>
<p>I just don’t want to get an internship where I cannot do something properly and thus fail at it. If it’s something I am trained well to do and thus repeat that when I work then I can do the job well.</p>
<p>My internship this summer involved a lot of Solid Edge. I had never used it before and wasn’t that great at what I did use in school. I got better over the summer though and did all the tutorials.</p>
<p>I don’t think you “fail” internships like you would a class. You may not get asked back, they may give you bad reviews, you could also work at CAD and get better…</p>
<p>I don’t know what auto cad is ,but would you have to deal with it on an internship ? BTW,you do get evaluated at the end of the internship. I would try to get some extra help .Don’t give up !</p>
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<p>So they did give you training before the job right? I mean I can do all the tutorials for AutoCad as long as they train me for it.I don’t want to get surprises that will turn out bad for me.</p>
<p>I heard that they will give you projects to do and some of these are pretty challenging. One of my friends is doing internship with a construction firm(his civil) and he’s doing autocad things all the time. Some of the designs looked pretty hard lol. I doubt I can do this from day 1.</p>
<p>Solid Edge seems like I will be doing it this semester. But as usual, there is so much you can learn on one semester only.</p>
<p>You don’t necessarily ‘fail’ internships in the academic sense, but you can get poor recommendations from your boss, which can ultimately lead to them not hiring you back.</p>
<p>Internships are not imperative, but can speed up the process of finding your first job after graduation. A less effective alternative to doing an internship is exceeding expectations during your capstone project. You can take on a leadership role in your group, or come up with a clever design for your subsystem if you take a technical role. Either of these are worthy of mentioning on your resume as experience.</p>
<p>You interview for different co-ops/internships. Hopefully you find one that matches your skill set or is willing to teach you. Auto CAD is pretty important for a lot of jobs. If it didn’t set well the first time, take it again.</p>
<p>I don’t think my Mech E son had to use autocad on his internships. My Chem E son used Chemcad on his though, IIRC.</p>
<p>what is with this hate for autocad on this board by so many people. I dont remember CAD being that bad. Inventor and Solidworks were interesting to work with but dunno I am an EE.
Anyways first they will interview you for an internship.They will ask you stuff and if they think you cant succeed they wont hire you.
2nd who knows maybe in a work environment you will develop to possibly stand or even like cad!</p>
<p>Also in your internship, if you are truly so bad at CAD maybe it will mean you will have to leave work later and come in earlier than usual. Maybe do some work during the weekends, or atleast run through tutorials. </p>
<p>An internship is the start of your professional career. Not only shows your technical knowledge, but can also be a great way to show that you are an open person who has a good attitude and it willing to work on things that maybe are not your strengths are your favorites.
What I learned from internship is that they know you don’t know everything and there is a period of training, but having a great attitude and a eagerness for learning is soo important. With this you wont “fail” an internship.</p>