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| The Team of Arowa Webtech |
Now, I know many will think it’s no biggie to write about but for me it is and firsts never come again. This blog might not be for anyone else but me. For the future Zeba to read so that she knows how her first experience in the professional world was and how she has grown ever since. (Although right now I’m feeling super-duper professional maybe future Zeba might have different views). So, let’s start from the beginning, shall we?
This
started back in the month of February 2021, when one day Ma was seeing the
WhatsApp statuses and came across this poster saying the opening of internships
as a Creative Content writer. She passed that onto me to look at. Now, having
no idea what Content Writing is, but having a little knowledge of writing (from
writing blogs only), I sent in my resume with practically nothing noticeable in
it. And to be noted I tried before too, to apply for an internship in the same
field but didn’t get much success with it. I had no idea what things should be
written in the samples to be provided, so it was pretty obvious. I was selected
till the last round in one company but couldn’t make it through and there was
this other company based in Canada. Wait let me tell the tragic story of that
first!!
The
Canadian company – let’s call it Fem, okay? So, I applied through LinkedIn. It
was a month-long internship with no stipend but the website and the content on
their website got me hooked so I applied. I was really happy to be
communicating via Emails with the Head there. I was almost selected (I think so
at least). They asked for an Interview Call and I agreed. I fixed the date
after my end semester exams and was pretty excited about it. But alas, no call
came that day! I mailed to ask what happened but got no reply. No, I was not
ghosted.
During
that time, I was called for the interview at Arowa Webtech (where I did my
internship) and I went there. I took my mom with me to the interview as I was
pretty nervous (also, coz I couldn’t drive the car alone back then). She waited
for me in the car while I went and gave the interview. The heads there first
explained to me the basic structure of Digital Marketing and then explained to
me the details of the internship program. Fortunately, I was selected. And with
no further contact with Fem, I started with my internship at Arowa Webtech.
Okay,
one more thing left. So, the internship was for 3 months. I was a bit skeptical
about it being so long and because my vacation was just 15 days and I would
have to work during my academics (and also coz it was my first official
internship). Now, as usual, the rescue to my despair came my Dadu (HKG). He
told me to go ahead and not think about it much. And so, I did. I still owe him
to this small push I needed.
Now
within 3 days of starting, one day at random I get a mail from Fem explaining
the no contact gap. And the same night I got a call from them. Unfortunately, I
had to say No owing to my commitment to the ongoing internship. I was a bit
upset about it but the greater joy was waiting for me which I was unaware of, at
that time.
The first month went in basically learning about SEO, how to write captions,
hashtags and their importance, brochures, company profiles and so much more.
The first month all the things I wrote went under lots of edits. To write
personal blogs and writing professional write-ups are two different things
that I was so unaware of.
Now,
I’ve heard so much of how formal and tough it is to work in an office – the
heads, the workload, and all. And no doubt there was work and it got hectic managing
with acads but my prejudice about the heads changed within a short span of
time. At first, I remember how nervous I used to be but that ended pretty soon
coz the heads there were so nice. Manali mam used to keep a box of candies and
chocolates for everyone (and snacks too) – this was such a sweet thing she did
and it was one of those things which made me comfortable there. Whenever Jenis
sir used to come, he used to bring a whole fun vibe to the office. His
super-chill and fun nature used to bring smiles to everyone’s face. Meanwhile,
Bakul sir and Hiren sir used to work on the designs – which I used to sometimes
observe. (I always wanted to try my hand at designing and it was during that
time only when I started using Canva – still learning by the way!). In the
background, we always played songs – there was always a debate about whether to
play Bollywood songs or English songs.
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| Manali mam & Jenis sir <3 |
There was this Fun Saturday thing when we played games and ordered food. The pizzas turned out to be super-spicy. It was such a fun evening. I won, by the way, in the game (Just flexing). Such fun days were pretty frequent and trust me this boosted the morale of everyone so much. And in the last week there, it was Manali mam’s birthday. And there was a mini party in the office. We ordered pizzas and the funniest thing happened. We ordered 8 large La Milano’s Pizza – it wasn’t intentional though – the order was supposed to be of 8 medium-sized pizzas. And don’t worry, no pizza was wasted. It became one of the most cherished memories there. Trying to finish those pizzas but finishing only half of them. Me starting with the spiciest of them resulting in my slow speed in eating and everyone laughing, looking at my face. The whole atmosphere there was so good. And I feel so blessed to have my first experience as such a beautiful one.
This
internship not only helped me realize some level of my professional capacity
but also revealed some of my personal traits. Most important being that I can
write if I just sit straight and focus. The captions which used to take me
15-20 minutes to write and hit right were now 5-minute things. I used to write
my personal blogs, many times for a week with so many edits, but there I used
to just sit and write it down with all the research and stuff in hours.
The first three months there were unpaid but full of memories and learning. And just when my 3 months were about to get over, I was offered a stipend if I agreed to extend it. Having some commitments, I was pretty nervous about whether to say yes or no. I said YES. And it was not about money. It was about this amazing feeling of doing something on my own and getting the first pay-cheque. I remember my mom telling me about her first paycheck and how she bought herself a pair of jeans with her own money and how that meant so much to her. I had this in my mind when I said yes.
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| PS: They ordered a cake for me too on my last day And made it chocolate coz it's my favorite ;-; Did you notice that Lil Agnes figure?? |
The
last month was so fun. Having gained experience in the last 3 months and
knowing everything about the clients and their work, I felt confident that I
can do the work nicely. In the last month, I even got the opportunity to talk
to clients directly. Before that, I used to get all the details from Manali mam
and Jenis sir only. Talking to a client felt foreign. I was nervous but it went
well (at least I hope so).
All
those 4 months went incredibly well and so unexpectedly well. I am going to
miss all the things but I know I’m taking back so many memories. On my last
day, everyone brought me a cake – a chocolate cake. I was super-emotional
walking out of the office.
With
cake in my tummy, lots of memories in my heart, buckets of learning and ideas
in mind, my first earned money in the bank account and a certificate in my
mail, this internship ended.
PS: Future Zeba, you also got your periods on the
last day and forgot your pad!!
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