Nigel Marneef is a former trainee for Terminology Coordination Unit. He has started his traineeship in April 2013 and gave a very worthy contribution to TermCoord with his work. Below, his feedback about his experience.
Where to start, the possibility of having a traineeship in any of the European Institutions was always on my “realistic bucket list”, I thought it would be a stretch for me to achieve, but achievable nonetheless. You can imagine my reaction when I actually received my confirmation email of this traineeship (to put things in to perspective, it was one of the very few times I simply did not know what to say for the first few minutes).
Fast forwarding several months, and here I am, in the TermCoord unit, taking part in huge projects and fulfilling my professional needs by actually working on things that are relevant to my fields, surrounded by an amazing bunch of permanent staff members and trainees. I can tell you that the trainees from the other units envied us for having such a loose atmosphere within these office walls, yet a very serious work ethic.
What else is there to say? I really wish all of you the very best, as I cannot recall any workplace treating me as well as you lot that, and for that I am ever grateful. I will not say goodbye, for who knows what lay ahead!
Some more information about Nigel:
he was born in 1991 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He’s currently completing an international communication course in Amsterdam, in the Inholland University of Applied Sciences, after having studied IT for three years. Nigel has started his traineeship in TermCoord in April 2013. In his off-time, Nigel likes to play tennis, basketball and occasionally cooks.