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Travelling is not a huge problem for me, apart from the fact that I would have to be in Athens for my exams. I had the impression that it would not be very easy for a startup to pay for travelling expenses for an intern. I would love if you could you point me at some. (Although, I have the impression that travelling to the US for an internship could be rather hard due to immigration limitations.)

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I would not limit yourself to a startup. Larger companies can provide fine internship experiences, and by opening up the field you may find it easier to find something to get your career started. Barring the most bureaucratic of internship targets, no startup worth working for is going to consider it some sort of black mark that you interned with a larger company. Plus larger companies will find it easier to deal with the paperwork.

You need to concentrate on just getting a foot in the door, and worry about how to leverage that into your ideal career once you've got that worked out.

(And just let me clear, I'm not saying only apply to larger companies. I'm saying, play the whole field for now.)

It actually depends of how long your internship should be. For 5-6 months it won't be that hard to find a startup which will pay you enough to cover your living and travelling expenses

Visas for interns are actually pretty straight forward in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-1_visa

I see! Although (correct me if I am mistaken) a lot of US internship positions require that you are already eligible to work in the US, clarifying that they cannot offer help with visa applications etc.

That's what me too have observed. In the application forms they have a special option to choose if u have a US visa

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