Monday, August 27, 2018

What My NVIDIA Internship Taught Me About Communication and Community

As an English undergrad at Columbia University, the thought of working at a tech company was foreign to me. It’s the kind of place in which my parents have spent more than two decades working, and in which I presumed creativity and humanity went to die. But I wanted to learn about the changing tech landscape. And I was excited to write for the disembodied voices of my new managers and colleagues, who I’d only heard over the phone during interviews. So there I was, standing at the foot of the stairs, ready to walk into my three months at this company.