He'd better make sure that his university accepts that as an internship first, or he might be unable to move on without the mandatory "traditional internship".

He'd better make sure that his university accepts that as an internship first, or he might be unable to move on without the mandatory "traditional internship". Depending on the university (Are they looking for tech experience? Experience "on a job"? Are they progressive thinking or conservative?) they might or might not accept that working on ~something~ during summer fulfills their requirement. Except for that I totally agree with the advice.