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>An invitation to YC's intern conference That sounds neat. Will interns working at YC companies but not placed through this program be invited?
Incoming Dropbox intern here. Interested in that as well. Could someone from YC answer that? Many thanks!
In case anyone still can't access it: Intern at a YC Company by Y Combinator Would you like to intern at a YC company this summer? We're helping place paid interns at YC-backed companies like Dropbox, Stripe, Optimizely and others. You'll get: > A chance to work with one of Silicon Valley's most exciting companies > An invitation to YC's intern conference Please fill out our application[1] by March 21, 2014. We'll no…
>Please enter the url of a 1 minute unlisted (not private) YouTube video introducing you. Does this violate equal opportunity employment or is there some weird legal exclusion?
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North American interns with a technical background should be eligible for TN visas as well.
Are you speaking from experience? I've found the TN process really confusing for an intern, and if you have any experience with the application process, I'd love to hear about it.
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>I don't see how its different from in-person interviewing An in-person interview is a two-way conversation and costly (in time and energy) for both sides. It is ideally a rich experience with a lot of infomation. What we have here is a call for a very short (1 minute) one-way look at the candidate, who is asked in incredibly vague terms to introduce themselves. IANAL but it seems like an attorney could make a case t…
> An in-person interview is a two-way conversation and costly (in time and energy) for both sides. It is ideally a rich experience with a lot of infomation. That's a valid point, but I don't think that discrimination laws say anything about the time and effort required by each party.
Suppose that it is illegal to discriminate by using information of type A and that the following media transmit the following types of information:
In-person interview (IPI): A,B,C,D,E,F,G
Vague video upload (VVU): A,B
Cover letter + resume (CLR): B,H,I
In this slightly oversimplified example, it would be illegal to request VVU+CLR because the only possible motive for requesting VVU+CLR instead of CLR would be to obtain information that was illegal to use.
What if I'm not from the US and require a work permission? Any chance of applying?
I've seen an intern lied to, abused and dismissed without recommendation letter and promised salary by a CEO/primary founder of a YC company that I was with. This was no fault of that intern and AFAIK was done primarily because that [recently immigrated from India] CEO wanted to save about $3k of moneys. One of the reasons I've left that company and dropped from YC BTW...
edit: a clarification. this is anecdotal evidence and probably doesn't reflect statistics of YC companies in general.
Also, do grad students qualify?
A bit of advice. Do check that you are not doing an internship with immature first time CEOs/CTOs. I've seen an intern lied to, abused and dismissed without recommendation letter and promised salary by a CEO/primary founder of a YC company that I was with. This was no fault of that intern and AFAIK was done primarily because that [recently immigrated from India] CEO wanted to save about $3k of moneys. One of the reas…
A bit of advice. Do check that you are not doing an internship with immature first time CEOs/CTOs. I've seen an intern lied to, abused and dismissed without recommendation letter and promised salary by a CEO/primary founder of a YC company that I was with. This was no fault of that intern and AFAIK was done primarily because that [recently immigrated from India] CEO wanted to save about $3k of moneys. One of the reas…
A bit of advice. Do check that you are not doing an internship with immature first time CEOs/CTOs. I've seen an intern lied to, abused and dismissed without recommendation letter and promised salary by a CEO/primary founder of a YC company that I was with. This was no fault of that intern and AFAIK was done primarily because that [recently immigrated from India] CEO wanted to save about $3k of moneys. One of the reas…
Interesting how you consider "[recently immigrated from India]" to be relevant here.