Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship • Hacker News Board

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by CamatHN » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 3:31 PM UTC

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #59

Did you steal some of that code from Visual Idiot instead of creating your own version? http://www.hostmeinca.com/assets/js/animated-background.js http://vaguelyexciting.com/js/site.js Edit: Thanks HN; I wasn't aware the code was from Codrops. Move along, folks, nothing to see here. Sorry dude! Nice site. Don't go for an internship though. You command an escalation of experience that opens doors to regular full time…

I think the code is on Github. Stealing code is part of the job these days if a license allows.

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by thesimon » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 3:32 PM UTC

Your page looks great, the photo is really nice and the mailto title is a nice touch.

I should've thought about submitting to HN too :) http://simon-schraeder.de/summer/

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by sean-duffy » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 3:32 PM UTC

thornofmight wrote: post #44

Why do you want to intern? Seems like with your skills you could just work (and get paid for) a real job.

Agreed, if indeed he is using "internship" to mean "unpaid internship". Far too much importance is placed on unpaid work these days, particularly in tech, and it just isn't needed. He clearly has enough experience to spend his summer doing actual work, and should be compensated for it.

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by andrewmcwatters » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 3:33 PM UTC

CamatHN wrote: post #71

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #59

Did you steal some of that code from Visual Idiot instead of creating your own version? http://www.hostmeinca.com/assets/js/animated-background.js http://vaguelyexciting.com/js/site.js Edit: Thanks HN; I wasn't aware the code was from Codrops. Move along, folks, nothing to see here. Sorry dude! Nice site. Don't go for an internship though. You command an escalation of experience that opens doors to regular full time…

I think the code is on Github. Stealing code is part of the job these days if a license allows.

There's no license there, so I'd have to assume he asked for permission.

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by juliangregorian » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 3:34 PM UTC

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #59

Did you steal some of that code from Visual Idiot instead of creating your own version? http://www.hostmeinca.com/assets/js/animated-background.js http://vaguelyexciting.com/js/site.js Edit: Thanks HN; I wasn't aware the code was from Codrops. Move along, folks, nothing to see here. Sorry dude! Nice site. Don't go for an internship though. You command an escalation of experience that opens doors to regular full time…

"steal" as if you never used someone else's code. There's not even a notice on the original, I'm hard pressed to find him at fault.

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by devinsnyder » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 3:35 PM UTC

danielvinson wrote: post #18

FYI in the US it is considered inappropriate to have your picture on a resume.

US citizen here. I've attached a photo on my resume. No one has brought that up as a complaint for me.

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 3:37 PM UTC

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #59

Did you steal some of that code from Visual Idiot instead of creating your own version? http://www.hostmeinca.com/assets/js/animated-background.js http://vaguelyexciting.com/js/site.js Edit: Thanks HN; I wasn't aware the code was from Codrops. Move along, folks, nothing to see here. Sorry dude! Nice site. Don't go for an internship though. You command an escalation of experience that opens doors to regular full time…

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Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by noir_lord » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 3:37 PM UTC

slayed0 wrote: post #27

johnloeber wrote: post #6

Just fyi, you have a typo on your "What can I bring to your team?" page. You misspelled "radically" as "radicaly". Otherwise it looks great -- good going! Very impressive for a high-school student.

While we're at it, under 'Upload.it' you wrote: App to make uploading and downloading exam results more easier. Just need to take out "more"

> App to make uploading and downloading exam results more easier.

Unless he wanted to keep the emphasis and them "much easier" would be a nice fit.

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by ohitsdom » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 3:38 PM UTC

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #67

ohitsdom wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting, how did you even catch this?

Visual Idiot is a notable name in the design community. It would be like stealing from Tobias Van Schneider or something. You can't get past people in the know.

But how did you even make the connection? I don't see the text "Visual Idiot" anywhere. And were you just browsing his js files? Or did the UI of the site feel familiar?

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by pistle » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 3:39 PM UTC

zaszrespawned wrote: post #7

Talk about being web savvy at intern age..

I increasingly come to expect this sort of product since kids coming up expect their products to be like this.

He may be a leader in this, but the group coming up definitely will be demonstrating the "Yes, and..." attitude in terms of design and features. The new kids invigorate the game, which is great.