Internships are no less than a fad in many academic programs. They help hone students on becoming professionals by giving them real work-training. Other than that, bachelors share their fun stories with everyone else in school – that makes on-job training complete their collegiate life.
In the University of the Philippines Diliman, if my assumption serves right, only a few colleges require internship (OJT, practicum, whatever you want to call it) in the last summer term. My department, the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute, among others, doesn’t oblige us to apply in companies; rather, it offers students a privilege to apply for in-school research-oriented laboratories of different EE/ECE/CoE specializations. Laboratory affiliation is the equivalent of off-school internship.
Obscure it may be, but I find off-school work more exciting and conducive to training. That made me decide to change the usual academic game – I applied in some of the country’s giant firms.
San Miguel Corporation – Telecommunications Company
This is not SMC’s wi-Tribe broadband. It’s a start-up company that San Miguel works on that will compete against Globe, Smart, and Sun Cellular. (more…)
