Blogging Yields Fruit (Like An Internship)
May 13, 2008 – 12:13 am | by Daryl TayRemember why students should blog? Well I’m happy to announce that the third internship worked out and I start on Wednesday. Exact details won’t be posted because of confidentiality issues, but suffice to say it’s social media related.
To me the biggest value is to be thrown into the “real world” and see if the stuff I’ve been blogging about makes sense, or am I living in this dream from the outside looking in. Could be a harsh slap of reality, but better now than later.
The downside is that it’s only six weeks (because I’ve committed the whole of July and half of August to my previous employer, MTV to work on the MTV Asia Awards held in Malaysia. That is going to be a blast!
However, rest assured the blogging here will not be changed in anyway. I definitely won’t be blogging about work unless given express permission, and if I do, it will be fully disclosed. I might end up blogging less than normal because of work hours, but that’s what RSS is for! (Don’t know how to subscribe, here’s my handy guide).
Finally, I want to thank everyone who’s been reading, commenting or interacting with this blog in any way. This could be the best blog in the world (it’s not), but if no one was reading it, it would be useful. So thanks for supporting me by reading, talking to someone else about me, attending Social Media Breakfast: Singapore. It’s because of you that I landed this internship. So let me end this post with: thank you for reading
Tags: benefits of blogging, mtv, mtv asia, mtv asia awards, mtv genting, mtv malaysia, smb singapore, social media breakfast singapore, student blogs, why students should blog
15 Responses to “Blogging Yields Fruit (Like An Internship)”
By Colin Walker on May 13, 2008 | Reply
Great news Daryl, I hope it works out for you.
By Daryl Tay on May 13, 2008 | Reply
Thanks a lot, Colin!
By Derrick Kwa on May 13, 2008 | Reply
Congrats, Daryl. Haha. Blogging has paid off in a lot of ways for me as well - the virtual internship with Seth Godin, the chance to be part of AoC 2008, etc. It’s awesome how many opportunities blogging can bring about, isn’t it? =).
By huishan on May 13, 2008 | Reply
oh i’m so jealous! anyways, congrats(:
By Princessa on May 13, 2008 | Reply
The way you write… Sounds like literature.
By Corvida on May 13, 2008 | Reply
Congrats! Same has happened to me. Blogging on SheGeeks.net got me an internship with ReadWriteWeb. Kudos and your previous article that you linked to listed some great reasons!
By Jasmine Shanea on May 13, 2008 | Reply
congrats!
*throws confetti around*
By Daryl Tay on May 13, 2008 | Reply
@Derrick: Indeed! If only more people would utilise those opportunities better!
@Huishan: thanks!
@Princessa: Heh I’ll assume that’s a compliment! =)
@Corvida: Whoa I’m honoured to have you drop by! I saw you posting recently on RWW but didn’t know it was part of an internship! Congrats to you too!
By the(new)mediaslut on May 13, 2008 | Reply
And when you start working, even in social media, you might not find the time to blog.
Welcome to the real world!
By Jester on May 14, 2008 | Reply
*please reject my previous comment.. have spelling error…*
lol, I’m jobless and I’m finding myself having problems to blog regularly.. I think you won’t have much time since you’re working le.
By Daryl Tay on May 14, 2008 | Reply
@Mediaslut and Jester: Haha I think I’ll definitely have time to blog, but maybe every other day instead of everyday. After all, I managed from January until April with 10-12hr days in school