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I would argue that remote internships are a bit of a challenge, from both sides. As an intern, the value of the internship is in the hands-on learning and the "
by swombat 16y ago
I would argue that remote internships are a bit of a challenge, from both sides. As an intern, the value of the internship is in the hands-on learning and the "real-world experience". To learn at maximal rate, you need to be taught, and the experience will count less in future interviews if you're in another country.
On the other hand, as the hiring startup, having the intern there means you can better coach them and squeeze better results out of them. The starting productivity of an untrained intern is negative (they take time away from you), and how quickly you get to productive depends on how well you can teach them.
Get local internships, imho.
- pdelgallego 16y agoVery valid point, but in my experience is not always the case. I participated two times in the GSoC and the last time was the most challenging positions that I have worked in till today. Indeed Google is not an startup an GSoC is about mentorship not about profits. Anyway the thread is about anykind of interns positions, not only about remote interns positions. ---edit GSoC == Google Summer of Code, an mentorship program hosted by Google every summer. I encouraged all HN students to apply to it. Is fun, and you will learn a lot.