Ask HN: Is asking an early startup to intern Doing It Wrong?
I live in Orlando, FL, far from a tech hub. I'm taking a few classes over the summer at my less than challenging university, and would love to compliment my coursework with some experience at a startup. I've done BigOrg internships before, and I'm looking for something a little different.
Startup selection here is limited, but there's one in particular in town that just opened up and still seems to be finding their feet (third webdesign in as many weeks) that is hiring full-time devs with similar skill sets to my own. However, I'm not at the calibur they're seeking for full time. They want a Flask guru, I've mostly coded Python for academic applications and have made only simple apps with Flask; extend that same analog for the other pieces of the stack and you get the picture. Despite this fact, I feel like I could be useful given their early stage.
Is it silly for me to inquire about an internship at such an early stage startup, when I don't have the full stack they're looking for? On the other end, would I learn enough from an early stage company to make it worth my while, assuming that they even want me?
Thanks HNers!