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  • From Caledonia to California

    Nine weeks ago I departed from rainy Edinburgh and landed more than half a day later in sunny San Jose. Now, I would like to reflect on this time and my experience. The weather here has been just amazing and it often took me by surprise, when I walked out of Building G of the National Campus where I...
    Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 08-Sep-2011
    Filed under: finance, employment, America, USA, rain, Accounting, california, national semiconductor, U.S.A, travel, sightseeing, Thank you. Reflection, 2011, University of Stirling, Scotland, San Diego, last week, L.A., Palo Alto

  • The penultimate week

    This has been my penultimate working week at National and a busy one. My manager has been out in the last few days to Texas Instruments in Dallas, TX to meet some of the managers there for the upcoming closing deal between National and TI. Everybody now is just waiting for it to close and it is hoped...
    Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 02-Sep-2011
    Filed under: finance, USA, Accounting, california, national semiconductor, U.S.A, silicon valley, 2011, University of Stirling, San Diego, Week 9, Palo Alto, Stanford

  • Yes, Ethical Hacking is a real thing . . .

    This week I have had a new project at work (hooray). I also finished up what I was doing with my main project so I’m done with that until I get some feedback (hooray again). I have really enjoyed this week, having to manage two fairly substantial project as well as the numerous meetings that come...
    Posted to Undergraduates by Kieran Roberts on 18-Aug-2011
    Filed under: week 5, california, national semiconductor, Kieran, santa cruz, preachers, hacking

  • "Get ready for the photo shoot"

    Today's working day started off with a photo shoot in the morning in front of the National sign at Building C. Everybody working in Finance came together to have a photo taken in front of the sign that maybe soon will bear a different company's name on it after the deal with TI is closed. It...
    Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 17-Aug-2011
    Filed under: finance, America, Accounting, national semiconductor, U.S.A, travel, 2011, University of Stirling, San Francisco

  • Past the halfway point

    It is hard to believe that I am already more than halfway through my internship. Well, I guess time flies when you are having fun. In my last blog, I mentioned that I will be involved in more projects and the last week has been steadily busy. This week started off with a lot of work too and I think that...
    Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 09-Aug-2011
    Filed under: finance, Accounting, national semiconductor, silicon valley, 2011, University of Stirling
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