interning at the USGBC for about a month now. This is my first real internship. I thought it was a stone's throw from my office job at the Foreign Studies division of CUArch [architecture.cua.edu], but I'm realizing that the stone keeps skipping...
... skipping... skipping....
One difference is that since I'm not employed by a professor, I get to sit in on and have conference calls with higher-ups who typically would view me as a student. It's nice being treated as more of an equal agent. It gives me a whole new perspective on the social expectations in an office.
I'm also exposed to many more people here. Instead of simply working under one person, I'm part of a team.
Did I mention I get to call people from all over the country?
I've been assigned a few projects within the semester that I will be here, one of which is making it easier for students to prepare for the LEED GA exam. What better way to clarify the path to accreditation than to take it myself?
As the semester goes on, I'll be using this blog to document the successes, discoveries, and pitfalls along the way. Sometimes a full schedule of classes [including a 6 credit studio class] and an internship can compete with the preparation for the GA.
I've already found that out.
With a little concentration and a boost from others who have been there, I bet I can get there too!
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