My internship with the Seattle Mariners was no less than awesome.
I worked under Garrett Cook in the events and entertainment department and learned how to put on game-day entertainment and non-game day events at Safeco Field. Because "The Safe" has so many large public areas, many companies hold staff events, trainings, and parties there. Weddings are also held at Safeco.
I was quickly submersed in learning how to organize an enormous number of details in several different buckets simultaneously. I even got in "trouble" for showing up my boss on a couple of occasions (what do you do when your intern out-smarts you?). I was also the only intern that had the guts to talk to the President of the Mariners, Chuck Armstrong at an intern luncheon. Chuck held a lunch to meet all of us, and while we were at lunch gave us all the opportunity to ask him some questions.
Can you believe that no one besides me had any questions for him? It turned in to Chuck and I talking in front of a bunch of my peers...all of whom came up to me afterwords and thanked me for making them look bad.
To this day Chuck and I still talk, on almost a weekly basis. Not really about business, mostly about my life and what's going on with me--we actually talked today a few times via email about our holiday break. Once in a while, when I have big news or just want a cup of tea I call Chuck's admin and schedule an appointment to sit down with him.
