Before internships, every student lives in a cute little bubble where textbooks look like superpowers and marks look like destiny. It’s not stupidity — it’s social programming. Internships don’t teach first. They un-hallucinate first.
10. The Confidence Bubble: We all walk in thinking we’re ready. Internships poke the bubble. Not to break us, but to finally let oxygen in.
Q10: When did your pre-internship confidence bubble burst?