You're aiming to boost your Database Engineering career. How can internships give you an edge on your resume?

Learning is good. You understand the concept, you get an idea of how a database work, it's queries, functions, procedures and every other concept. The real challenge is putting your knowledge in practical use and this only be achieved when you start working in an industry. The enthusiasm and the urge to learn more starts with an internship, were you get ready to get your hands dirty by understanding and working on real world projects, understand what industry standards are, how things are done here, how each concept you learnt can be tailored together to solve a problem. Different tools used to automate the processes and the best practises that help design a Scalable dB along with writing optimized queries.

Once you get an entry in industry, could be an internship or your first job for that matter, creating and maintaining a network is important. This helps you in getting knowledge from experienced people, their best practises, their cheat code of solving and optimizing any problem or queries. Along with this, the other benefit of maintaining a network is to get good job leads which in turn helps you land at a better place and earn accordingly. The real benefit of a maintaining a network is the knowledge base you get an access too. A 20 year experienced person can give you such a vast knowledge as well as career guidance which for you in say 3 years or 10 years wouldn't have been possible to gather.

When you start your career, the first thing that gets a boast in you is your skill set. You start understanding industry standards, best practises and so on. You start understanding importance of query optimization along with understanding complex concepts like JOINS, views, cursors, functions, procedures, triggers and also about the right place to use each one of them. We knew about normalization first but with the exposure to real world project, we understand the right length to which normalization should be done, the benefits as well as the cost we have to pay if this normalization is over done. Such experience helps a candidate excel in career and this can only be achieved by getting industry exposure.

Have a certification is one thing and having an experience working on it adds more value to it. In today's market there are tons of people available who have certificates in Advanced technologies, the only factor then distinguishing you from a crowd is the experience that you hold. A person with experience far more valuable than a person with just a certification. Internship allows you to get this experience which then proves your expertise and the skill sets backing you.

Internships provide invaluable hands-on experience that can significantly enhance your resume in Database Engineering. They offer real-world exposure to database management, design, and optimization, allowing you to apply theoretical knowledge practically. By working on actual projects, you can build a robust portfolio showcasing your skills and accomplishments, demonstrating your ability to tackle complex challenges. This practical experience not only strengthens your technical expertise but also makes you a more attractive candidate to potential employers, setting you apart in a competitive job market.