Ask HN: How does one find startups to intern for?

1 point·jonalmeida··6 comments

I'm looking to intern for a startup since I've worked in a corporate mobile company already. I'd appreciate everyone's opinion of what they think are the best companies to apply to.

EDIT: Assume moving anywhere isn't an issue (currently living in Canada if it matters).

Thanks

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I would recommend instead of finding companies that are looking for interns, target a company you want to intern for and reach out to them directly.

This is definitely the more proactive method of landing an internship. But the more successful interns I have worked with all had an idea what they wanted and they went straight for it.

Honestly, I have a rough idea of what I want, but I feel like applying to startups that actually needed help.

I tend to think I work really hard and efficiently as possible, so I like to help in what ways I can. Since I'm looking for an internship now, I figured I could apply to companies that had a dire need for interns.

The win-win scenario is that the company gets the help, and I get the experience (obviously).

What's your area of interest? Mobile? Web App? Front-end? Backend? If you don't mind sharing.

I've worked on native UI application development on mobile. Automation testing with various frameworks.

On the side I've been learning/working on some web development. Most of my experience in that has come from building my website using Jekyll and some node stuff here and there.

I learn fast (fast enough to be useful) so throwing something new at me is a familiar and welcoming experience.

Where do you live? Are you prepared to move to the Bay Area if not already?

Just updated my question; moving shouldn't be an issue.

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