We mistakenly sent out an empty test email to a portion of our HBO Max mailing list this evening.
Within minutes, professionals across industries chimed in with tweets beginning with “dear intern.” Most users utilized the trend to detail their professional mistakes to sympathize.
Dear Intern,An engineering manager once told me, “Experience is what you gain from wins, wisdom is what you learn from losses.” Congratulations you just earned some wisdom!Don’t be afraid to fail.
In attempts to sympathize with the intern, Twitter users shared tales of screw-ups from their intern days or later in their careers.
Dear Intern, when I was 25 I made a PDF assigning each employee to the Muppet they reminded me of the most.
Dear Intern, as a young lawyer I proof read a legal brief and filed it with the court.
Dear Intern, I was using my desktop calendar to make a monthly note of when I started my menstrual period, but after several months I realized I was making that note on a calendar I shared with all of my colleagues company wide.