Surviving the Internship: How ChatGPT Turned My Panic into Productivity (A Real-World Guide)
If I am being brutally honest, I was not prepared for my internship. Not even close. There is something strangely disorienting about walking into a skyscraper lobby with a laptop bag that still smells new, trying to look like you belong while secretly Googling "business casual examples men" in the elevator. During my first week, my confidence cracked faster than my courage could catch up. I felt like a knockoff version of a professional. I was essentially a student cosplaying as an adult. The truth is simple. College never warned me about the emotional whiplash of going from writing essays at 2 AM to writing client emails at 9 AM. And no one prepares you for that moment you stare at your screen, reread your draft, and whisper, "Why do I sound like a malfunctioning robot?" It was not until I learned how to use generative AI properly that things finally clicked. And this is not one of those tech evangelist stories where an influencer shouts, "AI changed my life!...