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Does anyone here work in the IT industry? Would anyone happen to know of anything someone can do to get a leg up potentially become full time during an internship (Network Engineering).
The answer is really quite simple: you have to show promise. Demonstrate that you know newer stuff that existing engineers might not be aware of, that you are willing to do more stuff than the average intern, that you are quick on the uptake.
IMHO knowing stuff is less important than being quick learner and communicate well and be generally pleasant to work with. My experience with interns (software not networks but I think it's pretty similar) had been that nobody really expects the intern to know everything, or even a lot. But if we see a person who's actively learning and advancing, who can be relied on to deliver on the task that is assigned and maybe even go a little beyond that, and who is generally nice to work with - then people would seriously think about permanent hire. A lot of companies are always looking for good people, and it's a perpetual problem that it's hard to know if somebody is good from a few interviews. If you know somebody already, and know they've got potential, the lack of experience and knowledge can be excused - people learn new things all the time, as long as the person got basic fundamentals and good brains, most of the stuff can be learned. Especially now that you can ask LLMs to do a lot of leg work for you.
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