After finishing my last internship over the summer, I’ve reflected back on how much I’ve grown since my first internships, largely thanks to the great mentorship and trust afforded to me by others. I feel incredibly lucky to have had these experiences (though I did work hard at getting them!) and wanted to share them for others in case they provide any insights :). UCalgary XR Lab Researchship This one was a semi-internship I did during the summer of tenth grade; it was unpaid, part-time, and did not have many expectations attached to it. I found out about this opportunity after having participated in a UCalgary student-run hackathon - the organizers sent out an email to all the participants because they knew some labs with graduate students who were open to mentoring and having high school students do work related to their thesis projects. After filling out a short form about my interests and programming experience, I had a short on-campus interview at a mixed reality lab and was ...
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