Hello everybody,
After some hesitation in writing this I finally fought myself to do it. I am yet another German here at AutoCom. My name is Manuel and I am a student of International Politics and History at Jacobs University Bremen in northern Germany. I will be joining AutoCom for the next two months. Prior to this internship, which is part of my studies in Bremen I have been active in the Rotaract Club, the Youth Organisation of Rotary International, as well as Debating and Model United Nations conferences. This is my second day at AutoCom and from what I can tell and what I experienced u p until now I am very much looking forward for working here in Bloomfield Hills.
The first few days in Detroit area have been very much relaxed and after acclimating here and finishing all the necessary paperwork I am all set now. Mareike and Nicky welcomed me with some nice dinner at a Thai place and have been of great help in showing me where to get my cell phone contract, social security number and have guided me through the paper-jungle. Everybody here is very nice and my first working days have introducing me to some of the tasks I will be doing.
The area seems to offer a lot of cool and interesting things and I find it exciting to find differences to Europe in expected and unexpected realms.
For example, during the last days I visited several bookshops and was amazed at the variety of Christian, religious, spiritual, esoteric books etc. which seemed a little strange to me. Also the tons of junk sitting on the highways like, sofas, burst tires, socks, shoes… a rather strange sight… also I don’t think I have ever seen these impressive amounts of dead animals around.
After some hesitation in writing this I finally fought myself to do it. I am yet another German here at AutoCom. My name is Manuel and I am a student of International Politics and History at Jacobs University Bremen in northern Germany. I will be joining AutoCom for the next two months. Prior to this internship, which is part of my studies in Bremen I have been active in the Rotaract Club, the Youth Organisation of Rotary International, as well as Debating and Model United Nations conferences. This is my second day at AutoCom and from what I can tell and what I experienced u p until now I am very much looking forward for working here in Bloomfield Hills.
The first few days in Detroit area have been very much relaxed and after acclimating here and finishing all the necessary paperwork I am all set now. Mareike and Nicky welcomed me with some nice dinner at a Thai place and have been of great help in showing me where to get my cell phone contract, social security number and have guided me through the paper-jungle. Everybody here is very nice and my first working days have introducing me to some of the tasks I will be doing.
The area seems to offer a lot of cool and interesting things and I find it exciting to find differences to Europe in expected and unexpected realms.
For example, during the last days I visited several bookshops and was amazed at the variety of Christian, religious, spiritual, esoteric books etc. which seemed a little strange to me. Also the tons of junk sitting on the highways like, sofas, burst tires, socks, shoes… a rather strange sight… also I don’t think I have ever seen these impressive amounts of dead animals around.
What I found particularly interesting was the variety of stickers on cars with very diverse and entertaining contents.
Currently I am living in Ann Arbor, which is slightly far away but I am confident to move closer soon.
This is going to be great opportunity to get to know American business habits and to explore the area. This will be my first time being in the US during Independence Day and I am particularly looking forward to that. I will keep you updated on any news and new things I discover, even though Mareike in her Blog below already pretty summed up the most obvious differences…
This is going to be great opportunity to get to know American business habits and to explore the area. This will be my first time being in the US during Independence Day and I am particularly looking forward to that. I will keep you updated on any news and new things I discover, even though Mareike in her Blog below already pretty summed up the most obvious differences…
You will hear from me soon,
Manuel
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Seriously though, we glad to have you here at AutoCom and hope you'll find your stay here enjoyable and worthwhile!