I wonder if this is good advice?

I wonder if this is good advice?

I was at a virtual meetup yesterday put together by Joey Womack and Goodie Nation. College students check in on what they’re working on and ask for advice. One student had discovered a love for #uxdesign. He even started a company and was doing work in that space.

However, he wants more professional experience and wants an internship. I think he wants to learn best practices and processes from others and not just learn by doing.

My suggestion was to look for an internship at an agency and not a startup. If your goal is to learn more about the process and how others do it then there are agencies that have internship programs and they do more of that. A startup is more likely to throw tasks at you and expect you to just get it done.

I wonder if my advice was good because I would have floundered in that environment at that age. He seems to have an entrepreneurial mindset and he might be more like me. He might think he wants more foundational learning, but actually, he’s going to thrive the most by doing.

I don’t know. Maybe he needs a #uxdesign #mentor. Not a formal internship, but someone who can give regular advice and training to a college student with hustle.

Does anyone who’s read this far have any suggestions?