SMS Farewell from our Social Media Intern

I have been a sitter for SMS since I started college four years ago, and although I loved every minute of it, working in the SMS office, as an intern, was by far one of most educational and amazing experiences I have ever had. I had previous internship experience coming into it, so I never thought I was going to learn not only so much about myself but also about the world of business. My favorite part about working in the SMS office was getting to see just how SMS works “behind the scenes.” From a sitter’s or clients prospective the company could be seen as an online simple process, it is far more than that. It takes a lot of time, effort, and expertise to make SMS work and work well. I have never seen more driven, hard working people as I have in the SMS office. It was an eye opening experience to go from being a sitter to being an office intern and it gave me a newfound respect for Amanda and the entire SMS Company. 

While working in the office I got to learn a lot about myself and my personal strengths and weaknesses. I learned I am able to pick up tasks quickly and efficiently multi task, but I also learned an extremely important life lesson. I learned to not “sweat the small stuff” and realize it’s important to put time and energy into your personal goals and your business and things that will make you happy. Amanda taught me how to become a smarter businesswoman but also a stronger more confident individual and for that I will be forever grateful. She has also taught me the importance of working for what you want, and if you want to be the best you have to work at it and you have to be driven all the time.  My favorite day in the SMS office was when I invaded Amanda’s kitchen after she had a dinner party at her house. The food was delicious, especially the pesto cream cheese dip! Safe to say I ate my body weight in cheese that day. 

 My future advice to sitters is INTERN IN THE OFFICE YOU WON’T REGRET IT! I worked for SMS for four years before interning and I wish I would have done it sooner, it is a fun, creative working environment that will teach you more than you would have ever guessed.  Some future advice to interns, is work as much as you are able in the office and give it your best, because if you give it your best you will 100% take away skills that will help you for the rest of your life.  I tear up writing this blog post because my time at SMS has come to an end but I cannot wait to see what is in store for the bright future of SMS!