Ask HN: Which Startups Have Good Summer Internship Programs?

[aorshan]

I have been doing some research into trying to get an internship over the summer with a tech company and wanted to know if anybody had any suggestions on companies to check out. I would probably be better with a marketing internship but do have a bit of coding experience.

I am a sophomore college student (University of Miami) and would be willing to travel pretty much anywhere in the US for a good program (help finding lodging would be appreciated though)

I know some python and some java and plan on learning Django/html/css between now and the summer. Also I have a good deal of experience in marketing, both online and offline.

[maxstoller]

You should look into HackNY (http://hackny.org). Last summer HackNY paired 35 students [1] up with startups and gave them all housing in NYC.

[1] http://hackny.org/a/2011/06/class-of-2011-hackny-fellows/

[endtime → maxstoller]

Yeah, HackNY is awesome, great way to find internships with startups. In particularly, I know the Parsely guys and I met their interns last summer...they seemed to be having a good time and feel quite integrated into the team. I've also talked to someone who had a good time at Aviary.

Also, I know Parsely uses Python for some stuff and I think they use Django somewhere as well, fwiw.

[younata]

The hiring threads, posted at the beginning of each month by the bot whoishiring [1], are great resources for finding places to intern at.

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=whoishiring

[c_t_montgomery]

the short answer is: yes. any experience you get working at MOST startups will be phenomenal. the key is finding one who's founders are on the same page you are (work hours, personality, etc).

I posted on HN about 8 months ago, came out here to work, we got some funding, and now I'm taking a semester off class to work as the first employee. so, keep being proactive and ask the right questions - the rest will fall into place.