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So I'm doing a six month full-time internship at a Biotech company in North Carolina doing some pretty cool research. I came in pretty underqualified because supply was low and demand high. I came in literally with just a year of intro Bio and first semester Orgo. Yet I have learned a lot in my time here and am starting to be able to independently run my own projects (small ones).
I work directly with my manager on a daily basis. He tells me what the agenda for the day is, what we will do in the lab, what we will be doing in the week. I work mostly in the lab and occasionally on PowerPoints. I've learned a ton and he told me that I am doing very well when we met about a month ago.
However, he also told me that his coworkers have told him that they see me sitting at my desk a lot not doing much. They also noticed that I study for the MCAT on my free time and don't seem interested in research and am only interested in my pre-med stuff. I sit a lot because when I am done with my work I have nothing to do, which I have told him. We had a good conversation about appearances and how people notice what others are doing in a company, that its not like school where no one cares what others do and each does his own thing. He told me to at least appear productive at my desk, read articles, learn more. He seemed a bit upset but not a lot, and he and I get along very well now and he reminds me about how useful I've been. We also talk on a regular basis about things going on in life, so we know each other pretty well and have a good relationship. His complaints seemed to be about how others viewed him in that if I wasn't doing a lot and that I should appear to be doing work and not doing other things unrelated like MCAT studying.
This internship ends in June and I think a letter of recommendation would be good to have from this job. Does this bump I had midway bad enough to not ask for a letter and be happy with the experience? Also, he has a language barrier.
I work directly with my manager on a daily basis. He tells me what the agenda for the day is, what we will do in the lab, what we will be doing in the week. I work mostly in the lab and occasionally on PowerPoints. I've learned a ton and he told me that I am doing very well when we met about a month ago.
However, he also told me that his coworkers have told him that they see me sitting at my desk a lot not doing much. They also noticed that I study for the MCAT on my free time and don't seem interested in research and am only interested in my pre-med stuff. I sit a lot because when I am done with my work I have nothing to do, which I have told him. We had a good conversation about appearances and how people notice what others are doing in a company, that its not like school where no one cares what others do and each does his own thing. He told me to at least appear productive at my desk, read articles, learn more. He seemed a bit upset but not a lot, and he and I get along very well now and he reminds me about how useful I've been. We also talk on a regular basis about things going on in life, so we know each other pretty well and have a good relationship. His complaints seemed to be about how others viewed him in that if I wasn't doing a lot and that I should appear to be doing work and not doing other things unrelated like MCAT studying.
This internship ends in June and I think a letter of recommendation would be good to have from this job. Does this bump I had midway bad enough to not ask for a letter and be happy with the experience? Also, he has a language barrier.
