Advice about part-time job
Hello everyone, I m posting this as I am seeking some advice.
I am currently in my last semester at EPFL doing a bachelor in mechanical engineering and I’ll be attending ETHZ as of next semester to do my masters in Mechanical engineering as well.
Since of the beginning of this year, I have been pursuing an internship part time (15h/week) in Geneva. The company is super flexible, I can work from home whenever I want, I can start at whatever time I want and I also get to choose what days I work.
This internship was for 6 months, but last week my boss spoke to me and she said she would like to keep me for another 6 months.
I personally want to pursue a phd after my masters immediately (if the opportunity arrises ofc) preferably at ETHZ or EPFL. And here is why I am hesitant about accepting the extension:
I’m not sure how good my grades need to be to get a phd position at EPFL or ETHZ. I wasn’t the brightest at the bachelor level so I know I need to put in the hours to achieve good grades for my masters.
I know my work is flexible and my boss is super nice, but still it might happen that I will not be able to attend a few classes, will that be a big deal? (In general at EPFL I almost never attended classes).
Although the company I work at is quite known, and I know it s always good to have industry experience on your CV, but what I do is not really in line with the Labs and research I’m interested in… so is it really worth it (in terms of increasing my opportunity of getting a phd position)?
But on the positive points:
the money from that internship /part-time job is good :)
The people at the company like me, and they are hoping to keep me after my masters (so that is also good in case I don’t get a phd position, especially that I’m non EU).
In short my biggest worry is that me taking this will affect my grades and therefore affect my future plans in pursuing a phd, and also maybe affecting my master’s experience in a sense that I will meet less people, get out less etc.
So what would you have done if you were me? All kind of advice is welcome! Thanks a lot in advance!