we are currently flush with interns. personally, i hope i never get assigned one again. while it is an awesome and rich experience; it is a lot of work. and i think others should share the love.
there is this one guy that comes by every four days. he drags along this kid - hoping to find him a summer internship job. i dont think he is even studying engineering! not CE. the old man does 100% of all the talking. he knows i handled our last two interns and pokes his head in every 4 days!! he is just going from supervisor to supervisor from San Rafael to Santa Rosa, CA. the kid just stands there with his hands in his pockets.
i want to tell him, that i would never hire a kid that needed a chaperon to find a job. (i put on a shirt and tie and drove around pleading my case to get my college internships. they were a hot commodity!)
this older dude has to tell the kid, "now Scott, shake the man's hands"
i dont have kids of my own. i cant say if i would be good at being a parent. maybe, maybe not. what i know being a child doesnt count..not under the dictatorship of a chinese mother. that is also not a good parenting style
i think this intern-hopeful needs to spread his own wings. find his own voice. i havent even heard him say he WANTS the job.