Re:5 Things You Need To Know Before Hiring Startup Interns
by a_salhotra on Thursday May 08, 2014 @11:43AM
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Regarding 2, most startups don't have the same resources as larger companies and may not be able to pay their CS interns as competitively. So then the question I guess is, how do startups snag awesome CS interns when they're being paid more at other places?
Re:5 Things You Need To Know Before Hiring Startup Interns
by cjbprime on Thursday May 08, 2014 @11:49AM
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Seems like the main leverage you could have over those companies as a local startup is not requiring your interns to move to SF/NYC/Boston for the summer, in the case where that's not something they want to do for whatever reason.
That doesn't help if your startup is in SF/NYC/Boston, though. :)
Re:5 Things You Need To Know Before Hiring Startup Interns
by therobot24 on Thursday May 08, 2014 @11:48AM
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make the work interesting? Giving a one-off project that goes no-where is not interesting.
Re:5 Things You Need To Know Before Hiring Startup Interns
by jalter456 on Thursday May 08, 2014 @11:41AM
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Agree that this isn't that relevant for cs interns. But smaller startups don't hire interns in 6 months in advance. There are still great people available and it would be odd for them to prioritize hiring an intern that far in advance.
(1): Hiring season started last Oct/Nov for competitive tech internships. You're way late if you're starting now.
(2): You should pay more than $15-$30/hour for an excellent CS intern -- rates are increasing every year, even up to the monthly rate equivalent of six figure salaries at large companies (Facebook, Google, Dropbox, Amazon, etc).