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We're Writing a Guide for Startup Internships, Join In

23 points by chadburgess 15y ago

achompas 15y ago
Surprised to see so many non-technical internships for the fall. Does demand for tech interns lower during school semesters?
- chadburgess 15y ago
  In our experience, it's much harder to find dev interns that can have a real impact in such a short period of time to make it worth the recruiting and training effort. Most students with dev talent don't have to "intern" but can actually work, even if it is remotely.
  - achompas 15y ago
    Do these students attend school full time, then, and work 20 hours/week? Or do they drop out and work full time? (Thanks for answering, btw--I'm considering a scenario like this right now)
    - chadburgess 15y ago
      They attend school.
chadburgess 15y ago
This is not meant to be a complete list yet. If I get some interest outside of NYC, I will expand it to other cities.
wccrawford 15y ago
When I was in college, and first looking for a job, an internship would have been great. Good work on this!
mjshampine 15y ago
this is awesome. if you want to cross post any of those internships for free on the we are ny tech job board, just let me know. - http://wearenytech.com/jobs http://wearenytech.com/jobs
- chadburgess 15y ago
  That would be great. Let me know what you need from me.
tricolon 15y ago
Just an FYI: SeatGeek's internships are unpaid.
- achompas 15y ago
  Don't see why this would be downvoted--it's good to know.
- chadburgess 15y ago
  Yes, but my interns get significant formal training, learn a ton, get college credit and have a great time: http://www.comm.lsa.umich.edu/blog/?p=2538 http://www.comm.lsa.umich.edu/blog/?p=2538 http://www.macalester.edu/news/features/maxschwartz.html http://www.macalester.edu/news/features/maxschwartz.html
shiflett 15y ago
This is a better attempt to describe the ideal internship from both sides: http://stream.thisisapipe.com/post/5786867144/unclaimed-internships http://stream.thisisapipe.com/post/5786867144/unclaimed-inte... http://stream.thisisapipe.com/post/6740079459/internships-part-ii-the-implicit-contract http://stream.thisisapipe.com/post/6740079459/internships-pa...

23 points by chadburgess 15y ago

Surprised to see so many non-technical internships for the fall. Does demand for tech interns lower during school semesters?

chadburgess 15y ago
In our experience, it's much harder to find dev interns that can have a real impact in such a short period of time to make it worth the recruiting and training effort. Most students with dev talent don't have to "intern" but can actually work, even if it is remotely.
- achompas 15y ago
  Do these students attend school full time, then, and work 20 hours/week? Or do they drop out and work full time? (Thanks for answering, btw--I'm considering a scenario like this right now)
  - chadburgess 15y ago
    They attend school.

chadburgess 15y ago

This is not meant to be a complete list yet. If I get some interest outside of NYC, I will expand it to other cities.

wccrawford 15y ago

When I was in college, and first looking for a job, an internship would have been great. Good work on this!

mjshampine 15y ago

this is awesome. if you want to cross post any of those internships for free on the we are ny tech job board, just let me know. - http://wearenytech.com/jobs http://wearenytech.com/jobs

chadburgess 15y ago
That would be great. Let me know what you need from me.

tricolon 15y ago

Just an FYI: SeatGeek's internships are unpaid.

achompas 15y ago
Don't see why this would be downvoted--it's good to know.
chadburgess 15y ago
Yes, but my interns get significant formal training, learn a ton, get college credit and have a great time: http://www.comm.lsa.umich.edu/blog/?p=2538 http://www.comm.lsa.umich.edu/blog/?p=2538 http://www.macalester.edu/news/features/maxschwartz.html http://www.macalester.edu/news/features/maxschwartz.html

shiflett 15y ago

This is a better attempt to describe the ideal internship from both sides: http://stream.thisisapipe.com/post/5786867144/unclaimed-internships http://stream.thisisapipe.com/post/5786867144/unclaimed-inte... http://stream.thisisapipe.com/post/6740079459/internships-part-ii-the-implicit-contract http://stream.thisisapipe.com/post/6740079459/internships-pa...