Cynthia Shannon
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Shane Kuhn:
Was this book based on any experience? As in, were you ever an intern (not hit man)? What did you learn (besides making the perfect cup of coffee)?
Shane Kuhn
I was an intern many times in different areas of business - engineering firm, research lab, film production company, advertising agency, newspaper. The most important thing I learned being an intern was the pecking order. When I was younger, I figured I was entitled to a sweet job with no experience or skills. I quickly realized the difference between the fantasy worlds of high school and college and the working world. So I learned to pay my dues without being a crybaby about it. And guess what? I learned a lot. In all but one of my internships, I eventually got paying work - contract, part time, and even full time. When I interned for a newspaper photo dept. I started out emptying the trash and ended up shooting the auto and real estate circulars! Pecking order, baby. It's like Meek Mill says, "there are levels to this shit."
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