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Seems like George Hotz deserves more than an "intern" position.

by Tloewald 12y ago

nodata 12y ago
I was thinking the same thing (maybe "intern" means something very different here?)
- sam_bwut 12y ago
  I believe he's still an undergrad, I don't know about google but here an intern can be anything from a pre university student to someone finishing a phd.
  - stephencanon 12y ago
    Exactly. It’s not unheard of for “intern” to just be HR’s shorthand for “someone who is working here for a fixed timespan before returning to a university”. I know of a 40 year old professor who spent a summer as an “intern” at Apple circa 1990.
bsilvereagle 12y ago
At NASA you're an intern for the first 18 months after you're hired. Could be something similar going on here.
jredwards 12y ago
He's probably still in school. The position may be related to how much time he has available to dedicate to working.
p4bl0 12y ago
My friends who did internship at Google were paid almost like engineers. The main differences is that the recruiting process is lighter because you work there for a few month only and of course you have less responsibilities.
bluedino 12y ago
Google's (GOOG) interns held coveted positions even before being featured in the film "The Internship," which hit theaters this weekend. On average, interns there are paid $5,800 monthly, while specialized software engineer interns make as much as $6,700 per month, according to the job-rating website Glassdoor. Remember that Google pays interns fairly well. It's not like he's running copies and picking up coffee for people at some random office.
- mpeg 12y ago
  That's a very low wage for a skilled software engineer though.
  - walshemj 12y ago
    not to shabby that would equate to a senior developer in London BTW
    - sam_bwut 12y ago
      In GBP its only ~40k a year...
      - stephencanon 12y ago
        Considering that tech jobs I’ve seen advertised in England pay between 1/3 and 1/10 of what I would expect a similar job in the US to pay, that seems about right.
    - mpeg 12y ago
      For England that might be true, but in London you should expect around £65k+ for senior dev roles. I'm sure you could negotiate up to £90k given the right circumstances.
- oneweirdtrick 12y ago
  Does anyone know what the conversion rate is for these interns?

Seems like George Hotz deserves more than an "intern" position.

nodata 12y ago

I was thinking the same thing (maybe "intern" means something very different here?)

sam_bwut 12y ago
I believe he's still an undergrad, I don't know about google but here an intern can be anything from a pre university student to someone finishing a phd.
- stephencanon 12y ago
  Exactly. It’s not unheard of for “intern” to just be HR’s shorthand for “someone who is working here for a fixed timespan before returning to a university”. I know of a 40 year old professor who spent a summer as an “intern” at Apple circa 1990.

bsilvereagle 12y ago

At NASA you're an intern for the first 18 months after you're hired. Could be something similar going on here.

jredwards 12y ago

He's probably still in school. The position may be related to how much time he has available to dedicate to working.

p4bl0 12y ago

My friends who did internship at Google were paid almost like engineers. The main differences is that the recruiting process is lighter because you work there for a few month only and of course you have less responsibilities.

bluedino 12y ago

Google's (GOOG) interns held coveted positions even before being featured in the film "The Internship," which hit theaters this weekend. On average, interns there are paid $5,800 monthly, while specialized software engineer interns make as much as $6,700 per month, according to the job-rating website Glassdoor. Remember that Google pays interns fairly well. It's not like he's running copies and picking up coffee for people at some random office.

mpeg 12y ago
That's a very low wage for a skilled software engineer though.
- walshemj 12y ago
  not to shabby that would equate to a senior developer in London BTW
  - sam_bwut 12y ago
    In GBP its only ~40k a year...
    - stephencanon 12y ago
      Considering that tech jobs I’ve seen advertised in England pay between 1/3 and 1/10 of what I would expect a similar job in the US to pay, that seems about right.
  - mpeg 12y ago
    For England that might be true, but in London you should expect around £65k+ for senior dev roles. I'm sure you could negotiate up to £90k given the right circumstances.
oneweirdtrick 12y ago
Does anyone know what the conversion rate is for these interns?