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Jared, from Hawaii, interned in photography at a company in Seoul, South Korea. He photographed products to customers' requests, edited the shots and sent them out.
Jared: Photography Intern in Seoul
Photography
Seoul
The internship in 30 seconds
Day to day
I'd do an internship because it gives you a nice glimpse of what it's like to be working and what you're interested in.
Intern
Jared was a photography intern at a company in Seoul. He took pictures of products based on customers' requests, edited them on the computer and, once he was happy with how they looked, sent them out to the customer.
“I love what I've been learning regarding photography.”
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The hard parts
Things nobody mentions
Life in the city
“So far my experience in Korea has been really good.” Jared loves the culture of the Korean people, and especially the Korean food.
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What to know before you land
Do an internship, because it gives you a nice glimpse of what it's like to be working and what you're interested in. It also gives you a nice slice of life, and it allows you to expand your skill sets and refine the ones that you already have.
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I am Jared, I'm from Hawaii, and I'm a photography intern here. I take pictures of products based on customers' requests, and then I edit them on the computer, and when I'm happy with how it looks, I send them out to the customer.
So far my experience in Korea has been really good. I love what I've been learning here regarding photography. I love the culture of Korean people, and I especially love the Korean food, primarily [unclear].
I'd do an internship because it gives you a nice glimpse of what it's like to be working and what you're interested in, and it also gives you a nice slice of life of what it's like to be working, and it also allows you to expand your skill sets and refine the ones that you already have.
Transcript from YouTube's automatic captions, lightly edited. Company name removed. [unclear] marks words the captions didn't catch.
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