Am I cooked

Hey y’all, I just finished my freshman year studying business at a top uni in Turkey. My dad found me this mm pe firm for my internship. This is my first day today and the director asked me if i’m good at excel. the problem is i’m not any good at all,but i said that i’m alright. I’m so nervous what do I do?

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Dude you’re a teenager - no one expects you to know anything. Just have a good attitude, be respectful, be humble, be polite, and be willing to learn. Be resourceful and Google things but if you don’t know how to do something, ask someone for help. You’re basically the office mascot - some eager and happy young person who brings a little bit of life into the office and everyone gets to feel good teaching things to. 

You’re going to add basically 0 value apart from doing data entry, and everyone knows that. 

 

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