It depends. What is the situation? You've mentioned internships so I am guessing it is business? What is the end goal?

I am far from a programmer but what I have learned has been through exploration. Here's a web page. how can I make a userscript to get rid of that nag screen? (I know I can use a popup blocker or something but I'm trying to learn) I want to make a little browser addon. let me find one that does something similar and look at the code. Search for the particular problem and find answers.

From the comments below it sounds like this person is farther along than that (probably farther along than me) but I think learning how to find answers is one of the best life skills.