My Internship Experience as a 13-Year-Old

#1

Post by shalinshah » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:24 AM UTC

My Internship Experience as a 13-Year-Old
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Re: My Internship Experience as a 13-Year-Old

#2

Post by gedrap » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:45 AM UTC

That's amazing, I am really happy about the founders getting teenagers as interns. Those are life long memories for them.

Re: My Internship Experience as a 13-Year-Old

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Post by adamzerner » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:53 AM UTC

You've got a real nice sense of design: in general, and especially for a 14 year old!!

And keep doing what you love. Don't worry about the SAT's your sophomore summer. http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html

Re: My Internship Experience as a 13-Year-Old

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Post by rfnslyr » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:55 AM UTC

Man. You are going places. That's all I want to say. Good luck to you and I will remember your name for the future.

Re: My Internship Experience as a 13-Year-Old

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Post by onedev » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 2:00 AM UTC

Man when I was that age, my only concern in the world was trading Pokemon cards after school. I wouldn't have given up that carefree experience for the world.

I don't know how I feel when I read about things like this.

It starts off as jealousy that the kids started their "career" at such a young age, then respect towards them for the same reason, but then I feel sad because at the end of the day I feel like they're being robbed of a childhood in some ways.

Then I go back and read, and it seems like the kid had a lot of fun, and maybe I'm the one who's lacking perspective.

I don't know. I think it's great at the end of the day. Obviously smart kid, and he'll go places, but I just don't want him to miss out on the more lighthearted times in his life.

Re: My Internship Experience as a 13-Year-Old

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Post by kevonc » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 2:03 AM UTC

Thats excellent. Keep going!

Re: My Internship Experience as a 13-Year-Old

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Post by vineel » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 2:03 AM UTC

adamzerner wrote: post #3

You've got a real nice sense of design: in general, and especially for a 14 year old!! And keep doing what you love. Don't worry about the SAT's your sophomore summer. http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html

I second this. Summers should not be spent studying for the SAT.

Also, a good internship will look much better on a college app than a few extra points.

Re: My Internship Experience as a 13-Year-Old

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Post by eugeneross » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 2:05 AM UTC

onedev wrote: post #5

Man when I was that age, my only concern in the world was trading Pokemon cards after school. I wouldn't have given up that carefree experience for the world. I don't know how I feel when I read about things like this. It starts off as jealousy that the kids started their "career" at such a young age, then respect towards them for the same reason, but then I feel sad because at the end of the day I feel like they're…

Great point. The way I see it, the journey will always be better than the destination.

Re: My Internship Experience as a 13-Year-Old

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Post by atsaloli » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 2:06 AM UTC

Very well done to both intern and MGWU!

Re: My Internship Experience as a 13-Year-Old

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Post by rurounijones » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 2:06 AM UTC

gedrap wrote: post #2

That's amazing, I am really happy about the founders getting teenagers as interns. Those are life long memories for them.

I thought the entire point of "interns" was to give young people (i.e. teenagers) the chance to work in a real company and get experience, usually over school holidays etc.

I think SV (and maybe modern capitalism) has corrupted the term "intern" to be "an excuse for us to not pay you" without the other benefits experienced by the "intern".

[EDIT] I should clarify that I am a Brit and never heard the term "intern" used outside of my above definition until I started reading US tech news where it seems to be applied to older people as well.