Why You Need To Intern At A Startup

She has really blue eyes/contacts.

Anyway--I've worked at a start up, and at several larger companies. I think the feeling of not having anything to do isn't a function of the environment you're in, but how your position was created in the first place. If it's a structured internship, you'll definitely have something to do.

More, I feel at a start up, more than elsewhere, you need to prove that you're not a total moron before you'll get any real work; once you do that, you start getting a lot more responsibility.

I've interned at a few larger software companies and most of this is not specific to startups. I've met management, worked with geniuses in a comfortable, laid-back environment, owned my projects (bugs and all) and learned a ton. This article is most definitely not about "interning at a startup"; it's about finding an internship at a place worth working, be it a 5-person company or Google.