I joined SCBX expecting to learn more about Talent. A few months later, I found myself managing projects, collaborating with both Tech and Non-Tech teams, and discovering how AI could become part of the way I work.
Before the internship, I thought an intern’s role was straightforward: learn from experienced people, support the team, and gain as much exposure as possible.
I did all of that.
But SCBX gave me something more: the space to take ownership.
When Support Turned Into Ownership
One of the biggest shifts happened when I was trusted to take greater ownership of learning and engagement programs for young talent.
One was a seven-day FinTech program for selected high school students passionate about finance and technology. I had to look beyond my own tasks and see how every part of the experience – sessions, speakers, mentors, company visits, and a final business challenge – needed to connect.
Later, I supported a group-wide learning and networking event for around 120 interns from 14 companies across the SCBX Group. The larger scale brought more stakeholders, more coordination, and more moments that did not go exactly as planned.
Before these experiences, I thought project management was mainly about building a clear timeline and making sure everything was completed on time.
Then I experienced it firsthand.
Sometimes I had to follow up, connect people who viewed the same project from different perspectives, adjust the plan, find the next best solution, and keep things moving.
There was no textbook telling me exactly what to do.
I learned by doing.
That was when project management began to mean something different to me.
It was no longer just about managing a checklist. It was about helping people, information, decisions, and deadlines move together.
Along the way, I stopped seeing myself as someone simply helping with a project and began to understand what it meant to own the outcome.
Learning When to Lead – and When to Support
Not every experience required me to lead.
In some internal activities, someone else owned the project, and my role was to support them by preparing, coordinating, and helping things move forward.
Those experiences reshaped how I understood teamwork.
When I managed my own projects, I saw how valuable it was to have people notice what needed to be done and step in.
When I became that person for someone else, I learned that ownership is not always about being in charge. Sometimes, it means helping someone else’s idea succeed.
Learning AI Through the People Around Me
AI became another important part of my growth, but I did not learn it on my own.
Much of what I learned came from conversations with Tech-background interns who were already using AI in different ways. They shared how they approached prompting, built simple websites, and used AI to solve problems more efficiently.
I listened, tried their approaches, made mistakes, and gradually adapted what I learned to my own work.
Tasks that once felt outside my skill set – such as building a simple digital tool for an activity – started to feel possible.
Later, when someone faced a similar problem, I could share what I had learned with them too.
For me, learning about AI at SCBX became a simple cycle:
Learn from others → Try it yourself → Adapt it to your work → Share it forward.
What mattered most was not knowing every tool, but being in an environment where people with different expertise were willing to learn from one another.
Feeling Like Part of the Team
Beyond projects and daily responsibilities, SCBX made me feel genuinely cared for as part of the team. I was given opportunities that felt close to a full-time employee experience, from joining training programs to testing my project presentation with team leads and taking part in activities like the health check-up. Each moment made me feel included, supported, and trusted to grow in a real workplace environment.
More Than the Talent Experience I Expected
I came to SCBX expecting to learn about Talent.
I did, but I also learned how HR connects with technology, communication, business, and people with very different expertise.
Working with both Tech and Non-Tech teams gradually changed the question I asked myself.
Instead of asking only:
“What is my responsibility?”
I began asking:
“What are we trying to achieve, and how can I help make it happen?”
Looking back, that transformation is what SCBX’s 5X Along the Journey means to me: learning through real experience, receiving guidance from people around me, gaining exposure to different perspectives, learning from leaders, and continuing to grow through experimentation and knowledge sharing.
A few months ago, I came to SCBX expecting to observe how people worked.
Along the way, I realized I was no longer just watching things happen.
I was helping make them happen.
That is what my 5X journey at SCBX came to mean to me.
Writer:
