On an internship that wasn't typical
This was an internship. Just not a typical one.
I didn't join a company to observe or follow instructions. I worked from my own company, Suggestied, while operating inside a professional environment that expected ownership, judgment, and results.
I worked on real products, with real users and real constraints. Decisions weren't theoretical. If something didn't work, it showed. If something wasn't thought through, the cost was mine.
Across several projects:
- StayHard v1
- WorkOrder Systems
- A greenfield rebuild at Q3
- The early rethinking of StayHard v2
The focus wasn't on ticking boxes, but on understanding how software, product decisions, and responsibility interact over time.
Some things shipped. Some things were deliberately stopped. Some things were redesigned before moving forward.
That was part of the work.
The value of this period wasn't in volume, but in judgment. Learning when to build, when to pause, and when to change direction before momentum turns into debt.
This way of working forced clarity. About scope. About ownership. About what kind of problems are worth committing to.
I'm grateful for the freedom to approach an internship this way. Not because it was easier, but because it was real. It required showing up as a professional, not a student.
"Keke didn't approach his internship like a traditional student. He took ownership of his own projects, made deliberate technical and entrepreneurial choices, and grew rapidly when given real responsibility and space."
This wasn't about learning how to execute tasks.
It was about learning how to make decisions and stand behind them.