\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
My internship experience so far has been very beneficial for the furtherment of my career. So far,
I have operated under Lockheed Martin’s IMIS (Integrated Maintenance Information System)
which is used for obtaining and maintaining special access programs for special clearances and
the operations of the F-22 fighter jet. I maintain the avionics of the software that is used in the
fighter jet which is located on the terminal. My first week of the internship I was mainly learning
the technical portion of the IMIS software, system administration, data management, network
administration, and tier 1 and 2 support duties. This also includes working with military
personnel who are on site with the aircraft and fixing technical issues that arise with them. I am
assigned tasks within the IMIS program and then expected to complete accordingly and at the
end of my shift I am expected to show my supervisor my work. From that point he then \u201cgrades\u201d
or revises any mistakes that I made on my work so that it can be uploaded to the IMIS server. So
far, I have been able to keep with my internship because of the careful coordination between my
supervisor and I when we are setting up my workload for my internship weeks. I have been
fortunate enough to say that I have absorbed what I have learned so far and have converted it into
a working process that I use when I am working with IMIS. The career field I am entering
requires patience, diligence, and strong attention detail when operating the terminal so I am glad
that I can share a positive reflection for my first week working with IMIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I hit my 100-hour mark of my internship, I felt a big sense of accomplishment. I had just
finished my first week of legitimate work by myself without the help of my supervisor and it
went as smoothly as it could possibly have gone. I was focusing primarily on the system
software firewall maintenance aspect of being an IMIS administrator and I got experience of
what actual IT work is like when you are performing a live test for a program. Along with
working with the firewall maintenance I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to work
with the tier 2 administrators and they were so informative about not only my IT position, but
they also gave me insight on how I can further my career in IT with Lockheed Martin. I can
confidently say that my internship has gone well up until this point and I hope that I can continue
to grow and learn as much as possible before I stop my internship. I have an upcoming program
where I will get to learn alongside people who are also in the military as well and they will teach
me basics about how the IMIS program interacts with the F-22 jet. I will be working full shifts
and using IMIS directly with the jet. This opportunity will eventually allow me to work with the
actual engineers who created the F-22 which I’m sure will be a very beneficial learning period for
me in my internship. During this time, I hope I will get to learn a lot of information that I will be
able to carry with me if I do choose to apply to become an official IMIS technician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At my 150-hour mark of my internship, I am starting to understand why my job is so important
to the actual geo-politics regarding the USA and its adversaries. Apart from the actual IT
experience I am also acquiring a keen eye for information regarding other countries and how
they intend to interfere with our daily lives as Americans. I do not consider myself an extreme
patriot however, I do feel a sense of dignity and pride when I can work as an IMIS technician
because I understand why my role is pivotal in our defense posture and I can protect others by
contributing with the cyber defenses that I manifest when I work within IMIS. On the less
philosophical side of things, I was able to learn a lot from the enlisted leaders in the unit that I
am working out of regarding IMIS in the program that I mentioned in my previous reflection. I
was able to watch the enlisted personnel work with the program that I have been using to
accomplish their jobs and it was very dignifying to say the least. They utilized a plethora of
gadgets and things that I could not necessarily comprehend but it was still interesting. I was also
able to watch tier 3 technicians work and they were amazing when using the IMIS program. I
intend to keep furthering my development in using the program and then towards the end of my
internship I will more than likely apply to become an IMIS technician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At my 200-hour mark of my internship, I have effectively become a semi-certified IMIS
technician. I say semi because I would have to be hired by the Lockheed company as an actual
IMIS technician and because of that I am technically not a certified technician. I have begun
working with the pilots who use the IMIS program and the level 3 technicians, and I have been
overwhelmed by their skills. They are some of the most genuine and smart people I have ever
met, they have helped me become a better IT professional and hone my skills within the IMIS
terminal. I have now learned new IT server system administration management techniques that
can only be learned from people who are experienced in the IT career field. I also have now
learned augmentation skills to assist local IMIS leadership in maintaining the IMIS terminals.
This skill is important because it helps me in other career fields and will be able to carry over a
essential qualification If Lockheed does not end picking me up for a job in the future. As I said
before I do plan on applying to Lockheed as an IMIS technician due to my experience in the
IMIS terminal and now having connections in the Lockheed company. My supervisor has
informed me of his personal recommendation in my name for the position in the future, so that I
have a better chance of landing the job. I plan to apply to the job opening in late February when
ever my internship expires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At my 250-hour mark of my internship, I have shifted from the IT portion of the job, and I have
begun exploring other career fields that I will work with as an IMIS technician. Lockheed does
this to improve your understanding of what your job is as an IMIS technician and how you
ultimately affect those around you that you work with. I was fortunate enough to have the
opportunity to work with the crew chiefs on the jet and I got to experience what they go through
in a normal day. They work long hours and work very hard to maintain the jet while
simultaneously counting us (the IMIS technicians) to provide them with the software and
capability for their jobs. Apart from the mechanical side of the job, I also was fortunate to have
the opportunity to work on the admin side of the job. I had to do personnel work and monitor the
employees within the company, I was essentially a human resource worker for Lockheed. In
hindsight I truly do have a better understanding of what my role is as an IMIS technician and not
only that I also understand how important each role is in the operation that Lockheed is running.
Every person is a cog within a giant machine, and we make the machine turn as one team.
Although I did not work in the IT portion of my job during this endeavor, I still believe that I
was lucky enough to learn job management skills that can be applied within my career such a
maintaining good work relationships, professionalism, and time management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At my 300 mark of my internship, I confidently believe that this experience has been overall
very beneficial for my career as an IT professional. Being able to work with such experienced
and knowledgeable personnel within my career of interest has elevated my ability to comprehend
detailed concepts that are required by a cyber professional on a daily basis. I have gained better
understanding of skills such as self-motivation, critical thinking and problem solving, time
management and many more concepts that can be applied to not only cyber jobs, but other jobs
that I may hold in the future. Apart from the information that I learned from that I learned from
my peers working within the cyber career aspect of the job, I was fortunate enough to work with
other people who I will work alongside with and gain new perspective on the job and have better
understanding of how I can affect people that I do not directly work with in my job. This was a
great experience overall, and I am so glad that I chose this internship as my choice for this class.
This internship allowed me to gain beneficial insights on the military as well and be able to
understand their sacrifice for us as well. Distributing the knowledge that I have gained to others
is something that I look forward to in the future because I know there are plenty of people who
want this opportunity as well and I am aware of that and do not take it for granted. When I am in
the position to I plan to share this information to those who are less fortunate to not experience
what I was able to experience within the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because I am someone who aspires to be successful in life and provide for my future
family, I believe that it is imperative that I can provide for my family in every way shape and
form. This would also include having a job that I am not only interested in myself but also puts
the interest of family first as well. The most important thing I believe a job can offer is security
and reassurance that you are wanted in that specific career field and at that specific company.
Relating the previously mentioned concept to cyber security allows me to explain how
cybersecurity is virtually the future of the world. In an ever-changing landscape of digital
technology, we see new changes every day to the objects that we use on a daily basis.
Cybersecurity is used essentially with anything that involves technology whether it be your
personal cell phone, your computer at work, or even your home appliances that may even
connect to the Wi-Fi there is some type of cyber security aspect attached to those devices that
you deal with unknowingly or knowingly. Judging from the volume that technology is used not
only at home but from a geopolitical perspective as well, this is what gives countries the upper
hand in situations such as espionage, information gathering, and future planning for potential
wars or diplomatic fallouts. Backtracking to my beginning statement regarding my family, I
believe that cybersecurity can help me achieve the goal of stability and protection that I seek to
obtain. I believe that my understanding of the importance of cybersecurity directly correlates
with my idea of stability of life because I will have the ability to provide to my family and
simultaneously have the necessary protection from what is potentially the future of our world.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\uf0b7 Why I Chose My Internship<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Believing in the concept is the easy part however, achieving the status is what I am
primarily focused on and to take a step in the right track towards this goal I took up an internship
with Lockheed Martin and the United States Air Force in a partnered agreement to allow me to
experience a what an IMIS technician experiences on a day to day basis. I took up this
membership because I believe it steers me towards the goal that I achieve in life for myself and
family in the future. I believe that becoming a temporary IMIS technician benefited me in ways
that I will not be able experience from any normal IT company because of their mission and
what they seek to achieve. I believe that I sought three main takeaways from this opportunity that
I was fortunate enough to experience, those takeaways are leadership, professionalism and
legitimate IT work. Starting with my first objective that I intended to gain from the internship, I
believe that being an effective leader in anything that I do is imperative to whatever it is that you
seek to accomplish. From my personal experience I have seen far too many people that are
genuinely great people be put into managerial roles in their professions and they always seem to
as if they have too much on their plates. They show signs of being overwhelmed, disconnection
with their employees, and unpreparedness in critical situations. I would like to avoid these
instances because they simply lead to negative work relations that hinder the end goal that the
company that I work at is seeking to achieve. My second learning objective is professionalism, I
chose this because being a professional worker shows that you are confident in yourself and
allows for positive work relationships. I hoped that during my internship I would experience this
heavily from the military side of the two companies due to their strict rules and policies and I got
what I wanted to an extent and can say that I am content with what the internship had to offer
me. My final learning objective was obtaining some type of IT experience so that I can show
competence within my work center regarding IT. I believe that although I will start a job that I
am new to, I believe that first impressions are important as well. This will put me ahead of my
peers that I work with and will allow me to continue to grow my over capabilities as an IT
professional. In this paper I will analyze how the internship effectively helped me further my
understanding of these three concepts that I have listed previously.
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\uf0b7 Company History<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lockheed Martin is a renowned aerospace, defense, arms security, and technology
company that works extremely closely with the US military, specifically the Air Force. They are
responsible mainly for producing aircraft such as the P-38 Mustang and the F-22 fighter jet. They
have suitors worldwide that they work with, however the USA is the primary buyer and arguably
their closest ally in terms of defense funding. Because of their influence in the defense industry
world, they have remained a leader in innovation, defense technologies, and even space
exploration. Their primary demographic of customers is First World countries across the globe to
which they cater specifically their militaries with aid in the form of mainly defense machinery.
However, they do have a cyber warfare section of their company that works directly with the
USAF. The IMIS (Integrated Maintenance Information System) is used for obtaining and
maintaining special access programs for special clearances and the operations of defense
machinery.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\uf0b7 Internship Negatives<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the internship I was able to explore many different avenues of what I could possibly do
as an IMIS technician and how it could potentially further develop my career. During my
temporary tenure I operated under Lockheed Martin’s IMIS in which my job was to maintain the
avionics of the software that is used in the fighter jet which is located on the terminal. My first
week of the internship I was mainly learning the technical portion of the IMIS software, system
administration, data management, network administration, and tier 1 and 2 support duties. This
also includes working with military personnel who are on site with the aircraft and fixing
technical issues that arise with them. My initial impression after learning what I was doing
within the unit was a little overwhelming at first and it did not seem like something that I could
see myself doing in the future do the abrasive nature of the companies” employees and their strict
rules since a lot of the information was secret. During my initial orientation of the job, I was able
to talk to the commander of the unit and he was part of the reason I was able to keep going in
despite the adversity that I faced in the beginning during my initial welcome into the internship.
He helped me understand what was expected of me and how I can manage stress better as an
IMIS technician. The company itself had put this sort of heavy \u201ccloud\u201d over my head and it felt
as if it was impossible to make it go away because they explained how important the job was in
the grand scheme of things and I was just doubting myself. I would show up every day to roll
call and just have such a negative outlook on my job and began to ponder if this is what I really
wanted to be doing in the future let alone in the present. It got to the point where I even
considered quitting and getting a new internship due to my negative thoughts. Despite the
melancholy first impression I was still able to persevere and see the brighter side of the company
with the help of my supervisor and those who I worked with. With this newly gained perspective
I began to realize the importance of how positivity and good work relationships can help increase
productivity and overall morale within myself. Although I have renewed my willingness to come
to work and strive for excellence, I was again met with adversity in the form of poor
management within my workplace. I would like to point out that most of these negative
experiences came from specifically those individuals in the military because of their hardy and
gritty nature that I was unfamiliar with. The management that was in place for the military
members was simply put, awful at times. They would bash me for not knowing the answers to
problems as an IMIS technician while simultaneously slandering me for asking too many
questions. I was perplexed at them behavior and referred to my supervisor who was more
familiar with the military members and he explained to me that a lot of it had to with the way
that they were raised in the beginning of their military careers and that\u2019s just how they were
treated so now they think it’s normal to behave that way as leaders because tough love is
effective. In conjunction with their poor leading methods, they also had many leaders who were
put in charge because of a system that in my opinion is bad for promoting individuals which in
return effectively created many leaders of who I discussed previously were unprepared for the
responsibilities that they faced. A lot of leaders were younger than some of the people that they
supervised and the only reason why they were seen as more knowledgeable was due to their
experience in the job. They didn\u2019t include any other factors such characteristic traits, leadership
qualities, or even critical thinking skills when some of these people were selected for their
positions.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\uf0b7 Internship Positives<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I once again felt like this was the wrong decision and sought insight from more of the
more personable individuals in the military to understand how they dealt with the issues that I
faced. When consulting them it felt refreshing and rejuvenating to say the least, they were some
of the wisest and most easily likeable people I ever met. They had tenacity to adjust to the same
problem I faced and somehow turned it to work for them while simultaneously maintaining a
perfect balance of respect and superiority in way that didn\u2019t feel like they were in charge of you
because of a rank and nothing but, it was more like they supervised you because they cared for
you and they were legitimately trying to help you further develop not only as an employee but, a
person as well. This was the kind of experience I sought after, this why I picked this internship
because I knew there were people of this caliber here to help me learn and grow as a human
being. The only downside is that there was so few of them they were hard to stick around with
because everyone clung to them which in the end, I was okay with because their positive energy
and knowledge affected my perspective so much in the little time that I spent with them that even
the minutes felt like hours when I was with them. I believe if every person in the management
hierarchy in Lockheed\/USAF bodies was as personable and beneficial as the select few people
that I met I could have had a much better experience with the overall job as a whole. The
negative and unmotivated people did not necessarily ruin the job entirely, but they certainly did
not help make it enjoyable as an intern who was trying to understand why what I was doing was
so important. They in fact held me back so much that at times it was hard to retain information
because I was so focused on trying to understand their actions at times that I would get caught up
in my emotions and lose focus on the task at hand. If I had to use a sentence to describe the
management at the internship, I would say overall toxic not including the golden bunch of
individuals who helped me see the importance of my internship. This is why I believe that it is
important to have good leadership in place when having such an important task at hand. If I
learned one thing while I was there, I learned the importance of workplace morale. If everyone
who you work with is unmotivated and pessimistic in nature it creates a sort of culture where
everyone is just embracing negativity and depression and they are just miserable while they are
working. The saddest part is that these people seem to forget that although they are in the
military, or work alongside those individuals, they forget to be human at times and that causes so
much strain on the employees who work within the unit. These same people are also bound by a
contract mind you and have no other option but to show up to work every day and suffer through
the pain.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\uf0b7 Intern Duties\/Duty Importance<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I would say that most of the positive feedback of my internship came from this portion of
the experience, I got to meet great people and participate in some very interesting and intriguing
projects that most people will not have the luxury of doing. A vast sum of these projects included
IT jobs while a small portion of them were on the flightline working alongside some mechanics
as well. I was focusing primarily on the system software firewall maintenance aspect of being an
IMIS administrator and I got experience of what actual IT work is like when you are performing
live tests for a program. I was also fortunate enough to have the opportunity to work with the tier
2 administrators and they were so informative about not only my IT position, but they also gave
me insight on how I can further my career in IT with Lockheed Martin. I also performed many
duties such as backups, restoration of corrupted data, augmenting, and installing security
software into the databases. I also dealt with a lot of account monitoring and maintenance on
accounts because of the heavy usage of the network. I was also involved in database
management where I collected data that was required for analysis by engineers. All these
instances were amazing IT opportunities that I am so grateful to have been a part of because they
covered a wide spectrum of what a lot of IT professionals conduct daily and that will help me in
my future job positions. Being an IMIS technician is so important to geo-politics regarding the
USA and its adversaries because it helps us maintain air superiority over our adversaries. Apart
from the actual IT experience I was able to acquire a keen eye for information regarding other
countries and how they intend to interfere with our daily lives as Americans. I do not consider
myself an extreme patriot however, I do feel a sense of dignity and pride when I can work as an
IMIS technician because I understand why my role is pivotal in our defense posture and I can
protect others by contributing with the cyber defenses that I manifest when I work within IMIS.
\uf0b7 Prior Skill Application to Internship\/ODU Curriculum Application
Prior to the internship I had no legitimate IT experience so a lot of what I used in the
internship that would be considered prior skills would be information that I learned specifically
from ODU. was able to apply a great deal of what I learned from ODU in my experience as an
IMIS technician. I took a lot of the information that I learned specifically from classes that
focused on international affairs and how the cybersecurity world is tied to it. Classes such as
Cyber War, Cyber Law, Cyber Security Fundamentals, and Topics in Cybersecurity (Human
Factors and Policy Management in Cybersecurity) were great resource to call back when
understanding why the Lockheed company operated in the way that they must otherwise
countries such as China and Russia will easily obtain intelligence dominance over the USA and
cripple our country without even launching a legitimate formal war against us. I was also able to
benefit from learning how malicious attackers travel from network to network in classes like
Cyber War in lab studies where I would play as the attacker and try to attack a network using
systems such Ubuntu and Kali Linux (Attacker Terminal) in which I was able to transfer that
knowledge to the IMIS terminals. Besides the previously mentioned instances however, I can
confidently say that the IMIS world was an entirely new beast that I had to learn. Nothing that I
learned at ODU could have prepared fully what the terminal had in store for me. Not to say that
ODU\u2019s program was bad but, IMIS terminal was so advanced and robust that I took separate
training for what I learned while I was there. Although the connections were made; they were
only made on a beginner level meaning that I understood what was happening however, I did not
understand it to its deepest point. I was able to use my knowledge of Virtual Modules a
miniscule amount when I was training in my beginner phase, but it was only to learn how the
IMIS terminal\u2019s user interface was controlled. In the future to better prepare ODU\u2019s students I
believe that there could more in-depth classes that geared towards specific program development
such understanding the operating system of Kali Linux or Ubuntu instead of the classes just
focusing solely on command prompt. As I stated before, I do not believe that there is anything
necessarily wrong with ODU\u2019s program I believe that I prepared me to the best of its ability
while I attended the previously mentioned classes, the IMIS terminal was just more advanced
than what I learned previously.
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\uf0b7 Aspects from the Internship<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I confidently believe that this experience has been overall very beneficial for my career as
an IT professional. Being able to work with such experienced and knowledgeable personnel
within my career of interest has elevated my ability to comprehend detailed concepts that are
required by a cyber professional on a daily basis. I have gained better understanding of skills
such as self-motivation, critical thinking and problem solving, time management and many more
concepts that can be applied to not only cyber jobs, but other jobs that I may hold in the future.
Apart from the information that I learned from that I learned from my peers working within the
cyber career aspect of the job, I was fortunate enough to work with other people who I will work
alongside with and gain new perspective on the job and have better understanding of how I can
affect people that I do not directly work with in my job. This was a great experience overall, and
I am so glad that I chose this internship as my choice for this class. This internship allowed me to
gain beneficial insights on the military as well and be able to understand their sacrifice for us as
well. Distributing the knowledge that I have gained to others is something that I look forward to
in the future because I know there are plenty of people who want this opportunity as well and I
am aware of that and do not take it for granted. When I am in the position too, I plan to share this
information with those who are less fortunate to not experience what I was able to experience
within the job. Looking back at everything that happened on the job while I was there, I can say
in the moment I was not happy but, hindsight is 20\/20 I can without a doubt say I am glad I saw
every negative and positive thing that the internship had to offer. Experiencing those negatives
with leadership was just too important for my development as professional in any capacity not
only as cyber professional but as human being. I got witness firsthand how not to handle stress
and project my emotions onto two others when my plan doesn\u2019t go accordingly. I also got to
meet people who were effective leaders, and I had the rare opportunity to pick their brains for
information on how I can be a charismatic individual who others will take up after. Everywhere
that I have worked up until my internship had poor leadership and those were the first people to
show me what can be accomplished when real leadership is in effect. So, I would say that going
back to my previously mentioned learning outcomes the leadership portion was easily fulfilled in
every way possible. The professionalism learning outcome was the outcome that was not fully
fulfilled however, I still was able to learn how to carry myself in a work environment better. I
learned how to read people\u2019s body language and respond accordingly because in the workplace
everyone does not behave the obviously but, what a lot of people don\u2019t know including myself
previously, is how to respond to this variety of personalities. You cannot behave the same way
around everyone, and some people even go as far as working with a different as well. Some
people prefer to work in solitude and not to be bothered, some people prefer to talk while they
work to make the time go by faster. These are things I personally never took into consideration
when working in a professional work environment. While a lot of this was beneficial to me in the
long run, I feel that in comparison to my other two learning objectives professionalism was not
achieved as well as the other two objectives. Finally, the overall IT experience was arguably the
best part of the internship. I was able to participate in so many fun and real IT activities that I
would normally have to wait till I get an actual IT position to even consider trying so I\u2019d say the
learning objective was definitely fulfilled easily. Being able to take that experience to other jobs
will help me so much in the future and I will be able to put it on my resume and then actually be
able to apply what I learned in the internship.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\uf0b7 Advice to Future Interns<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If I had to recommend a list of things to know before taking the internship that I took, I
would say the most important thing is to not wear your heart on your sleeve or take everything
with a grain of salt. A lot of people who I worked with while I was in the internship were great
people outside of work but when they got to work, they were just miserable because of the
circumstances that were put in front of them. I\u2019d advise them to not be like me and do not let
your emotions get the best you nor to succumb to the pressure that the job may put on you.
Although it got hard at times there was always someone, I could count on to get me out of the
funk that I was in at the time, and they would always cheer me up and boost me back to where I
needed to be to keep going. My final piece of advice would be to take those moments where you
are down to reflect on what you can do better and how you can prevent them from happening
again. Sometimes it may be someone else\u2019s attitude that brings you down, in the event of that all
you can do is try to go to someone else to help you and if that doesn\u2019t work then now you know
that the person who hurt you is not someone you force yourself to be around. Once I learned that
rule at my internship, I performed a lot better and had much overall better experience. Although I
became slightly efficient, I feel as if I did not get to show my full capabilities to the Lockheed
leadership. I can see myself performing at an even higher level as I get more familiar with the
job and comfortable working within the IMIS terminal.
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\uf0b7 Concluding Points<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have participated in cyber fairs and watched countless videos regarding cyber security
professionals not to mention my extensive college career dedicated to the subject and despite all
of that I feel that this experience was astonishing in nature. I believe that social media and
entertainment devices such as tv shows or movies have programmed our brains to believe that
people who work in IT are robots who only focus on the stereotypical 1\u2019s and 0\u2019s of their job.
Contrary to the popular belief of a vast amount of people cyber security professionals are nothing
like that and have so much more to deal with and interact with on a deeper level than just their
jobs. Relating to the previous statement I mentioned to my internship, I can attest to the fact the
people who work these jobs are human first and it will show when the time comes. While I did
receive the majority of what I went to the internship for, I also left with much more than I
expected as well. Being able to have a new profound perspective on working in IT has opened
my mind to many possibilities and capabilities that I can explore and achieve in the IT career
field. I have been exposed to the true nature of how working in legitimate work center can be and
I have gained the knowledge on how to work through adversity and navigate the intricate
relationships that I learned exist while being temporarily employed. The internship not only
influenced me while being present at the facility but also affected my outside life as well. I feel
that the internship did not necessarily have the opportunity to really have a great effect on my
college career because this is my last semester at ODU, and I will be graduating afterwards.
However, I would like to believe that had I taken this class in previous semester then it would
have had very positive effect on my perspective of the IT career field. I was challenged
emotionally and mentally but, I believe the in the saying that says \u201cpressure makes diamonds\u201d;
This is opportunity would have only left me with a larger desire for the end goal in sight because
the road to get there would have been so satisfying to complete. I do not think it would have
made me change majors or even consider it in any way. I in fact believe that it would have
motivated me to take harder classes because looking back on the classes I took to get to the point
that I am now were nothing compared to what I experienced at the internship. The internship left
a very big impression on me, and it will be hard for me to forget what I said there and how
triggered me to become a better professional within my career field.
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\\\uf0b7 How My Plans for My Future Were Affected by The Internship<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Piggybacking off my previous statement, I must reiterate it in a deeper manner; I do
intend to further my professional path in cybersecurity. The experience was too valuable to not
take advantage of. I eventually got a lot better from when I started at the internship and as result,
I ended up getting an honorary recommendation for hire by my supervisor. This career starting
with a job such as an IMIS technician could be very lucrative for me in the future and could help
me achieve my end goal I discussed in the beginning of my paper. I believe that this internship
has helped decide what my first steppingstone into the world of cybersecurity will be and I
believe that it will start with becoming an IMIS technician. I believe that this job will help me
form better workplace relationship development skills and allow me to further my IT skills
because of the extensive catalog of work that I dealt with every day while I was an intern for
Lockheed. If I could I\u2019d go through the internship again just to gauge how differently I behaved
and handled stress during my second time around and see my own personal growth as a
professional. While working at Lockheed I would also like the opportunity to go into the Air
National Guard for VA and become an intel analyst within the ANG. Using my skills from
Lockheed Martin that I will have more than likely mastered at the point of me applying for the
ANG would help me secure a top-secret clearance and work to IT jobs simultaneously withing
two different companies one of which will help me pay for schooling for my master’s degree that
I intend on pursuing in the future. Hopefully after I have a fruitful tenure with the companies, I
can secure a job within the DoD and explore the world while being a defense coordinator for
system operations. The most important thing to remember is that this plan that I have planned to
pursue started with my internship at Lockheed Martin. I am so grateful that I understand the
importance of what the internship offered me and how it can shape my future. If I didn\u2019t realize
the potential that is in Lockheed Martin\u2019s company who knows what I could have ended up
doing in the future. In February I can confidently say that I will be applying for the IMIS
technician role and hopefully I will get a position on the team so that I may offer my services to
the workforce in the company. Leaving with my final point, I would like to say that the
internship was best worst decision I ever made for myself because although I experienced real
and raw emotions both positive and negative looking back on the endeavor has left me with a
unsatisfied hunger for more of adversity that I previously faced because now I know that I that I
am more than capable of handling the situation and preforming to highest achievable level by
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Cybersecurity Internship \u00a0 Reflection Paper 1 My internship experience so far has been very beneficial for the furtherment of my career. So far,I have operated under Lockheed Martin’s IMIS (Integrated Maintenance Information System)which is used for obtaining and maintaining special access programs for special clearances andthe operations of the F-22 fighter jet. I maintain the… <\/p>\n