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Ask HN: Where can I find a summer internship?
Hey everyone,
My name is Dan Shipper and I'm a freshman in college. I would consider myself a fairly competent programmer - I started in fifth grade - and I've worked in a variety of languages on a lot of different projects.
The biggest hole that I would say I have in my experience is that I've never worked in a professional coding environment with other programmers. I've hacked together projects with my friends and alone, but I really want to hone my skills by experiencing a production environment at a startup.
My problem is that I don't really know where to start looking. Is there a website that lists internships for students at startups? I'm based in the New York area but it probably wouldn't be a problem to relocate to the West Coast for the summer.
I'm not looking to work for Facebook or anything. Just a place that has talented, motivated people that can show me how a real startup works and give me more real world experience building something that people really use. Where do I start looking?
- ch00ey 16y agoHey Dan! The first internship I had at a startup I found on craigslist. If that doesn't cut it for you, you can always check out YouTern (http://www.youtern.com/ http://www.youtern.com/) and InternMatch (http://www.internmatch.com/ http://www.internmatch.com/). Lastly, and possibly the most effective would be just going to local start up events and networking and asking around. The startup community (at least here in Montreal) is really friendly and are always up for helping others. Good luck!!
- dshipper 16y agothank you i will definitely look into these
- andreshb 16y agoHey Dan, HN is a great place, right now we are in the middle of a pilot internship program in the spring and are putting one together for the summer (announcing next month). We are based in NYC. http://blog.onswipe.com/jobs http://blog.onswipe.com/jobs fill one of the job applications and put (internship) in the last question.
- dshipper 16y agothanks a lot application submitted!
- HelgeSeetzen 16y agoWe are a bit north of you (Montreal) but always looking for strong interns: http://bit.ly/eCb7FU http://bit.ly/eCb7FU I would echo the comments about www.youtern.com and www.internmatch.com though. We get about 1/3 of our intern applications from these websites (the rest comes from direct referals and on-campus recruiting). Finally, don't underestimate the value knocking on doors. I have hired a bunch of great interns and employees over the years who just "showed up" and pitched themselves into the organisation.
- dshipper 16y agoI am in the process of filling out your application - thanks for the tips
- WillyF 16y agoMy startup helps college students find internships. http://www.onedayoneinternship.com/ http://www.onedayoneinternship.com/ Here's everything that we have in web development: http://www.onedayoneinternship.com/tag/web-development/ http://www.onedayoneinternship.com/tag/web-development/
- mbabbitt 16y agoStrongly encourage you to check out YouTern (www.YouTern.com) -- great mentor-based internships at small-team environments... start-ups, smallbiz and non-profits.