Next Week is Internship Week at HackCollege
Hello! It’s been a slow week or two because of the plague. Okay, I had the flu and the rest of us were busy. We’re getting back on the horse with our annual Internship Week. Isn’t it like so far away before summer? you ask. Correct you are. But if you want an internship this summer, you’ve got to start working now.
We are not the only ones out there that cover the topic of summer internships. There are others out there, like Lauren Berger (the Intern Queen), that dedicate far more resources to the topic of summer internships. I think there are two areas of getting an internship: the boilerplate stuff and those things that will set you apart. We will be covering the more unconventional stuff in getting an internship, but you still shouldn’t get yourself involved without a clue. We like to think of ourselves as pretty well-versed in the subject and have had some kickass internships in our day. Lesinski and I interned for the Internet TV company Revision3 during the summer of 2008. Last summer, I interned for blip.tv. These internships were our first choices and both are awesome companies to work for.
So tune in next week to have HackCollege help you zero in on your summer employment plans and hopefully help you make a few bucks, too.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kelly Sutton is a software engineer at blip.tv in New York City. During his days at Loyola Marymount University , he founded HackCollege. He earned degrees in film production and computer science (and took a fifth year). Kelly started HackCollege in August of 2006. While in school, Kelly was involved in Crimson Circle, a service organization at LMU; played on Laser Squad Bravo , the campus improv team; ran the underground media outlet, Fuck Yeah LMU ; and taught LMU's first Web video class and held odd jobs around campus throughout his tenure. Kelly started HackCollege in August of 2006. While in school, Kelly was involved in Crimson Circle, a service organization at LMU; played on Laser Squad Bravo , the campus improv team; ran the underground media outlet, Fuck Yeah LMU ; and taught LMU's first Web video class and held odd jobs around campus throughout his tenure. Kelly held some pretty awesome internships throughout college at Automatic Duck , Revision3 and blip.tv. He is quite the weird guy. He sold all of his possessions through his site, Cult of Less . The world apparently cared, along with the BBC, NBC Nightly News, CBC and Der Spiegel. Kelly is also a founder of LayerVault , a simple version control service for designers. Kelly has spoken at a few conferences including South by Southwest , 140conf and Trandmediale . Although he finds the word dirty, Kelly has consulted for many projects including TakePart , a subsidiary of Participant Media ( An Inconvenient Truth , The Cove , Syriana ) and Capture Your Flag . He has also published his very own guide to Berlin. Kelly is @ KellySutton on Twitter. Kelly can be reached at kelly@hackcollege.com
