After much searching, I have found a WLE position at my dad's company, Sendmail, inc. in Emeryville, CA. I'll be working with my father and his team in the marketing department working on content.
Initially, I contacted my junior year mentor, private investigator Kurt Ginter. Mr. Ginter told me that they were too busy with business expansion to take on an intern. I then tried to find a position with a city government planning department, another of my interests rooted in my fascination with sociology. The governments of San Rafael and Novato, whom I contacted, both wanted only college interns and refused to let anybody work for free (crazy in this economy, right?). That's when I got the Sendmail position.
At the beginning of the search, I wrote off working at Sendmail because I really have no ambition to work in the high tech industry. As my search became more desperate, I convinced myself that it would be a good experience to see how a high tech firm works. Luckily for me, my dad's only subordinate on the marketing team resigned last week (crazy in this economy, right?), so I'll be able to do some actual work with content like writing and editing press releases, copy for websites, and the like.
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