I think the work I’m doing in my internship is plateauing. It seems that I have tried everything that the folks I work under do (at least as much as they could pass on to an intern). As a result, I seem to get less work – or I’ve gotten to the point where I’m efficient enough that I run out of work while I’m there. It’s been this way for a bit, but the ultimate result is that I tend to get the kind of work that is useful for them to have someone else keep up with. For example, copyediting, writing product updates, and creating smaller summaries to localize content for a variety of different sources. I suppose it is good that I am becoming more efficient, but I think I have learned what this internship has to offer me, unless I stay past graduation to when they produce the next print magazine.
May 27, 2008