Feedback: Comments about your work or behaviour that are meant to help you improve.
Example
Your mentor says your code works, but your commit messages are hard to understand.
Why Feedback matters for IT interns
Interns who ask for feedback and act on it improve the fastest.
Where you will hear it
You will hear this term in everyday professional communication with your mentor, manager, and team. If someone uses it and you are not sure what they mean in your project, it is completely fine to ask; every team uses terms a little differently.
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What is Feedback?
Comments about your work or behaviour that are meant to help you improve.
What is an example of Feedback?
Your mentor says your code works, but your commit messages are hard to understand.
Why does Feedback matter for IT interns?
Interns who ask for feedback and act on it improve the fastest.
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About the author
Dhaivat has 16+ years of experience in the IT industry, working on AI and cloud technologies, project delivery, and engineering leadership. He has interviewed and mentored many interns, wrote The Lost Intern, and runs the non-commercial Career Impact Initiative, mentoring students for free.