February 13-14
These internship journals are meant for the directors, but everyone is welcome to read them. They will just go in more depth of my internship.
The first day started off pretty much as an interview, since I never had one with Master Adviser. I got there and I was shown around the office by the owner, Doug Brodie, and afterwards we just sat down and talked for a while. Afterwards, he had me go out and walk around the area a bit to get accustomed to where I was and what was around me. So the first half of the first day really wasn't much of a job. The second half of the day, after lunch, Doug had me make an excel spreadsheet and find the gross and net amount that each employee made from 2005 to 2011.
On the second day, Doug wasn't in as he had a wedding to go to. The secretary was given a project for me to do for the day. I was to make another excel spreadsheet and figure out how much the company had saved its clients by charging the fee they did, rather than the 5% that is normal from 1996 to 2011. After that, I was given some invoices to scan and save into their system, basically helping out the secretaries do their work, not much specifically for my internship, but that's going to be part of my job as an intern at Master Adviser.
The work environment is really relaxed. The first day I worked, they had a meeting and I sat in on it. They were doing their business and talking and instantly after it was over, the started talking about football and where they were going on holiday. Also, during the meeting, one of the guys turned to me and asked me a question, which seemed rather strange to me, but after thinking about it, it made sense why he asked. He asked "Say you're in New York and you're walking in the street and a car hits you. The ambulance comes and takes you where?" He wasn't sure if they would take you somewhere to make sure you had insurance or what they would do, since they have the universal health care here.
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