>Be second year biology undergrad student studying abroad
>see recruitment notice for bio students in local lab
>only requirements are being responsible and not a complete autist, they promise to teach the noobs all the lab techniques and stuff
I think it's a really good chance because they are working in something quite close to my areas of interest but I'm fucking terrified of going there and being told to fuck off because I'm a foreigner with a funny accent/ being a dead weight / being exposed as an incompetent ass inferior to local nerds / my social skills are hit-or-miss so I'm feeling really anxious about the whole thing
How were /sci/'s first experiences with professional lab work? How did the process from being just an ignorant nobody to becoming an actual valuable asset in your lab go for you anons?