Tech Writing Internships

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

Hi all,

I have been informed by my management that there may be budget
to bring in some interns this year.  Never having hosted an intern or
been one, I went browsing to see what the parameters of a good tech
writing internship might be, but mostly what I found was a bunch of
companies looking for "cheap summer help" rather than offering
any kind of learning experience.  So, *if* you meet all three of the
following, I have a question for you...

1.  You took formal education for a tech writing/com degree
    or certificate...
2.  You interned during your education...
3.  You feel that your internship was a *good* experience for you

And the question is, what about it made it a good experience?  Did
the tech pubs manager and/or writers provide any mentoring or
advising beyond just treating you like an entry level writer, or was
it a good experience *because* they treated you like an entry level
writer?

I suspect that what my upper management is really thinking may be
"cheap summer help," but if I do host someone called an intern, I'd
like to make sure I actually provide something useful to the intern.

Thanks,
Gene Kim-Eng


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