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I feel like a failure

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SoundTheSurrender

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I've been going to school for Information Systems and I landed a internship last summer.

I think I did well, I collaborated with a group on a global security structure and created a prototype web app that would show the flow of these policies, standards etc....

I find out that the project was put away and not used at all. It was kind of a blow to me.

I got a internship at the same place just a different area for this summer. This time I'm a web developer. I was so glad I got back, the person who interviewed me said that they haven't heard any bad news about me etc.. so I felt a little better.

It's been such a long process to get a database, it's been 2 months and the database finally started designing and getting web space. During this time I did my best on getting what I could get done but since this app is reliant on a database all I could do is little things. I've researched to the point that I'm sick of researching and want to program. Now I've lost all my optimism on this project.

Tomorrow I'm interviewing in another department. I'm a bit scared because I don't have much to show this time around and somehow I feel like it's my fault and I feel like a failure. It's almost to the point where I don't feel like I'm fit for IT/IS. This is what I wanted to do but now I'm unsure of because I don't know what else I can do. I'm not going to try to inflate what I've done but I don't want to make it look like it's my fault.

Anyone have been in this situation?

This company has 2 project that I know of that have been going on for 2+ years so somehow I'm trying not to feel bad.
 
Thats how it works in IT. Don't worry about it.

When I started at my current job, they said "We need a way to identify multiple accounts in the system and merge them."

It was brought up every 3 months or so but I was always so busy doing other things.

They gave the task to another guy. He didn't get anywhere, he got fired.

They gave it back to me. Took about 6 months for me to get around to even look at it. Then I was able to code it and get the test reults which identified 66,000 accts to be merged (that will take months)... I gave them the list, nothing happened, nobody wants to merge them now.

So after a firing, and over a year of talking about it and planning to do it, it was done and now everybody says "Sweet, we got the list, but whos' going to do it?" and nothing happens.

Oh well. I get paid the same either way.
 
He's saying that he is responsible for the collapse of global security structure. We're all gonna die.

Really though, top tech people get their projects ditched all the time. I wouldn't take it as a sign of your personal abilities. Good actors have to deal with
their tv pilots not being picked up, top musicians record albums that don't get released, etc.
 
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