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Interns: Everything you need to know about a summer in the Bay Area in one place

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Re: Interns: Everything you need to know about a summer in the Bay Area in one place

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$7k is actually on the low end nowadays :). I was as surprised as you, but talking to my friends, salaries seem to have shot up this past year. Dropbox, Google, FB, all pay over $7k, some well over that amount.

Are you including corp housing/stipend in that amount?

I think it's fair to include them don't you think?

Re: Interns: Everything you need to know about a summer in the Bay Area in one place

#73

Man this housing advice is really pretentious -- only live in Mountain View or SF with an internship salary? Good luck unless you have a trustfund. Get a place in Berkeley or the nicer places in Oakland and you'll have a great experience and can BART into the city in 15 minutes.

Current intern in SF at the moment...

34% of my salary is going to rent and I get to live in the heart of SF, in SoMa. The place is gorgeous and the location is safe.

It just takes some effort to find a good place.

Re: Interns: Everything you need to know about a summer in the Bay Area in one place

#74

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Are you including corp housing/stipend in that amount?

I believe (but am not 100%) that the companies listed pay at least $7k not including housing stipend. I could be wrong, so feel free to correct me.

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Re: Interns: Everything you need to know about a summer in the Bay Area in one place

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you including corp housing/stipend in that amount?

I believe (but am not 100%) that the companies listed pay at least $7k not including housing stipend. I could be wrong, so feel free to correct me.

Including housing stipends of about 1k, but none of the other benefits, most of my friends and I are going to be making almost 7k. Making 7k not including housing would be on the very high end (for non-returners).

(samples: Microsoft, Mozilla, Apple)

Re: Interns: Everything you need to know about a summer in the Bay Area in one place

#76

This is a great resource, I wish I had this when I was interning. A couple tips from someone who's done this a bit (3 times, 2 years full/part time intern at Apple, 1 summer at FB): - Yeah, you get paid a large sum of money, but it really doesn't matter. The $7k/month salary may sound like a ton as a college student, but it isn't. It will pale in terms of your life earnings. Focus on trying out new areas / technologi…

haha I knew who you were as soon as you started plugging NYC and Palantir :)

Re: Interns: Everything you need to know about a summer in the Bay Area in one place

#79

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Are you including corp housing/stipend in that amount?

I believe (but am not 100%) that the companies listed pay at least $7k not including housing stipend. I could be wrong, so feel free to correct me.

You are correct. This is totally standard nowadays. Source: I've been to about a billion recruiting fairs lately and have a bunch of knowledge of competing offers made to my intern candidates and yes, this is correct, and not just for Google interns anymore.

Re: Interns: Everything you need to know about a summer in the Bay Area in one place

#80

This is a great resource, I wish I had this when I was interning. A couple tips from someone who's done this a bit (3 times, 2 years full/part time intern at Apple, 1 summer at FB): - Yeah, you get paid a large sum of money, but it really doesn't matter. The $7k/month salary may sound like a ton as a college student, but it isn't. It will pale in terms of your life earnings. Focus on trying out new areas / technologi…

Where the hell do interns get paid $7,000/month salaries?

Amazon pays that to first time co-ops. I've seen salaries reach $8,500.

Apple pays even more if you're willing to pull a lot of overtime.

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