VIA Intern Diaries: From Market Research to Bubble Tea
Summary
Now, one month away into completing my internship, I have gained valuable insightful and experience in the technology industry, and a clearer vision of my career path. Other goals I wanted to achieve were to apply what I’ve learned during my academic career, improve my communication and presentation skills, and explore not only Taiwan’s culture, but also other parts of Asia. As an intern at VIA, I have been given real projects to work on, with tasks including creating Google Ads campaigns, market research, concept development, content creation, data analytics and the chance to contribute to a new product launch. Getting to Taiwan, I tried a wide array of meals based on dumplings, noodles and rice, not to mention the world famous bubble tea, which you can find anywhere and everywhere here. The food wasn’t the only thing that was very new and different at first: scooters riding in all directions, garbage trucks that play music – in fact just living in an area with very few Westerners was something I wasn’t used to.