[159-164] The first thing that was kind of unique about this experience was that I was the only female in their company. So, at first, they didn’t really know what to do with me, so to speak. For example, I would walk into the room, and they would be talking, and the assembly technicians would be talking, and they would cuss or something, and then, they’re just like, \u201cNo, no, no. You can’t do that. Joy\u2019s here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[166-170] But, as the summer went on, it was a lot of fun to get to know them. And, because they were between 35 and, I would say, 55, it was a lot of fun to work with them and hear about, I don’t know, their life experience in the different companies that they’d worked at over the years, and just kind of getting the insight into what’s it like to work in a company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[171-178] Then, another part of that was they were kind of intimidated by the fact that I was in college. And I didn’t understand that, because I looked at them as, \u201cWow, they’re just full of wisdom, and I have so much to learn from them.\u201d At the beginning of the internship, in addition to when I would walk in, they would just kind of stop talking and be on edge. If I was working in the same room around them and not with them, they would first just say things like, \u201cI wish I was good at math,\u201d or \u201cGuys are supposed to be better at math than women.\u201d And I was like, \u201cWhat? Why are you trying to purposely talk loud so that I would hear them say these things?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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