What do you do when you have no clue how to proceed in your professional career?
Well, you create a marketing plan!
A marketing plan about yourself.
I (= my skills and knowledge) am the product and now I just have to market myself.
This, I thought, seemed to be fairly easy but apparently it is not so. To find a start I listed, first of all, everything that I can do, from formal to informal education, skills and knowledge. Through some brainstorming we (Hagen and Christine Graf and I) came to the conclusion that the important things are the facts and the story.
It's kind of obvious, right? Exactly the same as in successful marketing:
Facts + Story = Product!
The second P: Price.
How much do I want to earn?
How much do I need? --> I found that out. 
What kind of life do I want to have?
Where do I want to live?
What can I work as with my education and how much would I get?
...
Everything is leading back to the one and only question: What do I want?
And with keeping up the research, looking around, reading and talking to people, I am getting a step closer every time to finding out exactly, what that will be.
Where do I want to work?
Well, “country-wise” I have no real preferences, to where it could lead me...However, no countries that are politically unsafe. Here, you could ask me about the definition, but lets stick with “no battle zones” for the beginning.
And what companies (am I looking for)?
I could start with the list of the companies situated in Silicon Valley continuing with those present in Europe and China.
Maybe anyone has suggestions, as what companies are in the coming?
My current situation is to apply for internship of a minimum of 6 months starting next June. That gives me two semesters to apply and I will start next week. By the end of December (before Christmas Day), I want to have sent out 105 applications.
I have to make a strict plan and stick with it to get my set task done per week.
105/15 weeks = 7 applications per week during a total of 5 hours.
Good Luck! to me then I guess...And happy researching, writing and mouse-clicking.
