<p>So, I'm 18, and am a business major at an engineering school. I've spent the last month at my dad's workplace (he's a controls engineer technician) at Astec Industries. He kind of got me an internship position with his manager, and his manager kind of wants me to switch to an engineering major. However, that's not the point here. >_></p>
<p>Anyway, I've spent the last few weeks doing whatever his manager asks (random spreadsheets, random memos), and his manager also let me spend a week looking through stuff related to applied physics (the mechanics as well as the electricity parts). After that, he gave me a book on C++ with tutorials and asked me to go through those. I also went to a few meetings with him.</p>
<p>Well, I did all of those things. But at the moment, I'm kind of interested in kind of job shadowing my dad's manager or one of his colleagues because management is a large aspect of business. The main reason why I want to have an extended job shadow is to ask a lot of questions and get to know him because he's a very valuable potential reference.</p>
<p>Also, do you guys typically ask people to be a reference when it's close to your time to leave? Do you ask for letters too? Please share how I should go about this, along with what you would do.</p>