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Second Internship not so Bad

yumnayasirr — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 11:48:12 +0000

So I went for another internship—because apparently the first one wasn’t disheartening enough to stop me from trying again. Reality check hits you once, and then you kind of get used to it.

This time, I landed a position as an Automation and Optimization Intern, where my main tasks were related to computer vision. Sounds cool, right? Yeah… until the first week hit.

Even for an extrovert like me, it was uncomfortable. Like, you’d expect a supervisor to at least walk you through the basics. Nope. They just threw the term “video stitching” at me and left me to vibe with three random videos. Me and that unfamiliar term just… stared at each other. Awkward silence.

Now, if you’re in tech, there’s one thing you absolutely need: the ability to learn fast. No one’s gonna spoon-feed you.

t took me four weeks to figure things out—leveling up step by step as my supervisor kept tossing more complexities at me. First, I got the basic stitching done. Then came more videos. Sure, Python has built-in libraries that can help. Cool, right? Just call the library and tadaa! Easy win.

Except… nope. Those libraries aren’t one-size-fits-all. The moment the complexity increased, functions started failing left and right. And here’s the kicker—I had no clue about their internal workings.

That’s when ChatGPT came in clutch. With a lot of trial and error (and failed pipelines that deserved funerals), I finally built my own custom pipeline for video stitching. It wasn’t smooth, but one of those many attempts finally worked.

The takeaway?

ChatGPT is awesome—but only if you actually know how to use it. Don’t trust AI blindly. Tech will keep throwing curveballs at you, and the only way to survive is to adapt fast.

Because honestly? In tech, adaptability isn’t a nice-to-have—it’s survival. And if you’ve got curiosity + persistence, even AI can be your sidekick, not your crutch.

My Failed Pipelines :D

#internship #dev #mern-stack

yumnayasirr — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 07:52:23 +0000

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Aug 21 '25

My First Internship: Was It a Temporary Deal Breaker?

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My First Internship: Was It a Temporary Deal Breaker?

yumnayasirr — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 07:50:53 +0000

After my 4th semester, reality hit me like a truck: “oh crap, I need to get an internship.”
Cue the stress, the anxiety, and the never-ending feeling of being left behind.

I applied everywhere, gave interviews, fumbled half of them, got disappointed… and finally landed an offer. Which I refused. Out of pure confusion. Then, like the clown I was, I called them back, apologized, and somehow still got the internship.

At first, I was excited. Corporate life looked shiny and glamorous in my head. I chose the Full Stack department, pumped to finally do “real dev work.”

…And then reality smacked me again.

The work? Mundane, boring tasks. The devs? Sitting at their desks from morning to evening like NPCs on repeat. Watching them, I thought: “Wait… is this going to be my whole life??” That’s when the depression arc kicked in. I couldn’t bring myself to work, couldn’t learn properly, and honestly started hating development altogether.

To make it worse, I had no solid base in dev, and supervisors just threw stuff at me with a vague overview: “Here, do this” — with zero idea of what I was doing.

So yeah, at that time I swore to myself: never touching development again.

But looking back now, I realize it wasn’t really “dev” that I hated. It was my unrealistic expectations colliding with reality. I also discovered something about myself: I don’t thrive when I just sit and binge-watch courses from start to end. I learn better when I explore tools, research, mess around, and then suddenly go “ohhh, I actually learned something.” That self-discovery was honestly worth it.

And okay… confession: the only truly good part of the internship? The free chai and food. Absolute fire. That alone almost made the whole thing worth it 😂

Lessons I Learned (a.k.a what I wish someone told me earlier):

Your first internship is rarely glamorous. It’s not Google X or some high-paying startup — it’s grunt work, and that’s okay.
You probably won’t have guidance. Most supervisors are busy and just throw tasks at interns. You need to be proactive about asking for help.
Unrealistic expectations kill motivation. Thinking your first internship will be some dream job is setting yourself up for disappointment.
Learning style matters. Some people thrive on structured courses; others (like me) learn best by exploring and stumbling into knowledge along the way. Figure out your style early.
It’s okay to realize you don’t like something. That’s the whole point of internships — testing what clicks and what doesn’t.
Don’t measure your worth by one internship. Everyone fumbles their first; it doesn’t define your career.

In short: your first internship might feel like a temporary deal breaker, but in reality it’s just part of the learning curve. At the very least… hey, free chai.

Hello World! (I Think I'm Ready for This)

yumnayasirr — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:26:55 +0000

So, you're another CS student who's slightly terrified of being replaced by an AI? Same. Welcome to my corner of the internet.

Why a blog? Because I needed a space to document my chaotic journey—the self-diagnosed high-achiever procrastinator who's full of ideas but somehow implementing none. My final year is hectic, and the pressure is high, but apparently, I only survive under pressure. This blog is my coping mechanism.

This is my unfiltered corner, far from the polished perfection of LinkedIn. I’m here to share my experiments, the raw process of learning, and the stuff I build. I’m into dev, cybersecurity (just scratching the surface), and machine learning—though, if I’m honest, training models is my jam.

Oh, and a quick fun fact: I assist my professor with Data Structures and Algorithms. Low-key, it's pretty easy, but everyone freaks out over it, and I'm still trying to figure out why.

Anyway, that’s me. Expect more chaos, experiments, and learning coming soon. Let's see if I can make sense of this CS life, one post at a time.

Just like my brain- multiple tabs clutter everywhere.