My summer experience

I guess it’s time to take a look back on the summer. Being involved with TEC has been a great experience for me in a lot of ways. I got to meet a lot of really awesome people at True Ventures and Valencell, as well as interact with all of the other interns in the program on some level. I know these relationships will be valuable for the future. I learned a lot about business and entrepreneurship from the weekly readings and assignments given to us by True, and having the opportunity to hear first hand from guest speakers living and working in the field was an extremely helpful supplement. Working at Valencell I taught myself Android development, and I gained experience in developing scalable and usable software. I was also exposed to daily life in an early-stage, growing company (which turned out to be really cool and a lot of fun). It was definitely a sad moment for me leaving after my last day of work, but I know I will carry the knowledge and experience I gained from this summer forward and apply it in my future endeavors.

I will say that, because I was working from NC (and thus unable to be present in-person at the weekly TEC meet ups), I did not get a chance to really bond with the other participants quite as much as those living in CA. I know they did some really fun things like visiting Alcatraz, skydiving, hiking, attending a baseball game, etc. which I wasn’t able to participate in. Working on group projects together did provide some degree of communication with the other interns, and they all seemed like really cool people. Brian (bsol) and I are planning to meet up when he gets back to NC for school, which should be fun. I guess next time I will have to spend the summer in sunny California!

I wish I could distill the whole experience down to a few paragraphs of text better than I have, but hopefully this will suffice. It’s been great, and I can wholeheartedly recommend the program to anyone else looking for an outstanding summer working/learning experience!