With a fresh degree in Biotechnology, I was keen on getting some work experience before deciding on further studies. I wrote emails to several leading researchers in the country. A few responded and one offered me an internship. After a brief interview, I was on board, working in her laboratory. It was an intense work environment, where focused and dedicated professionals spent much of their time in benchwork, designing and redesigning experiments proving hypotheses. As an intern, this was a first of its kind experience for me.