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I am really sick of companies calling these positions interns. If you really are a start-up that still has not launched your product, as your company seems to b
by alexkearns 17y ago
I am really sick of companies calling these positions interns. If you really are a start-up that still has not launched your product, as your company seems to be, then you should be expending all your efforts on finishing your product, and simply won't have time to teach an inexperienced intern the ropes. What you're really asking for however is not an inexperienced intern but a competent developer who you want to work for you for free or below market rate. Why is it that people value development so lowly that they think they can get it for free while you never see a company asking for accountancy or lawyer interns.
- pclark 17y agooh, this is a paid position. I assumed that was a given. and you're being rather dramatic. We're not requesting a monster coder: "junior" developers are bloody useful to startups. We thought it was a pretty great position to a summer student who wanted to work on an interesting project.
- alexkearns 17y agoMaybe you're one of the rare good guys who doesn't take on interns simply as cheap labor to do crummy work but instead puts the effort and time in to mentor them and enthuse them about the industry. If so, good luck.
- pclark 17y agowe like to think so ... because it was only a few years ago when we were looking for a valuable internship. :)