How to get a tech internship

Field-tested job-hunting tips for computer science students.

Also check out my post on getting started with computer science for college students.

Google headquarters

I probably don’t need to convince you that working at tech companies is really attractive. You can work with startups on meteoric rises and world-famous tech giants, all while surrounded by ping-pong tables and unlimited snacks. You can build apps that your friends use and products that make the world a better place.

There’s just one problem: how do you get a tech internship in the first place?

CS50: What Next?

Dikkat: this post is aimed mostly at Harvard students.

CS50 logo

So you took Harvard’s introductory computer science class, CS50. (Maybe you were a regular at my section or met me at office hours.) You learned a lot, you enjoyed it, and you want to continue exploring computer science. Maybe you want to concentrate in CS, get a minor, get an internship at a tech company, or better understand how computers are going to take over the world.

But CS is a huge field, and with just one course under your belt, it’s difficult to really break into it.

So what next?

Benim Khan Academy Staj, Yaz '15

Bu yaz, Ben Cambridge dostu sınırları bıraktı ve Batı dışarı yolculuk zengin grev yazılım mühendisi itibariyle stajyer Khan Academy. Ve bu oldukça adalet yapmıyor: bu tamamen dönüştürücü bir deneyim oldu.

Salman Khan of Khan Academy
Müthiş Sal Khan ile, Khan Academy kurucusu

Korku projeler

Ben gibi serin projelerde benim akıl hocası ile birlikte çalışarak yazılım mühendisi olarak bir ton büyüdü:
– Bizim videolar için SEO'd açılış sayfaları oluşturma
– Bizim videoları sorulara cevap olsun her kullanıcı bildirim e-postaları göndermek için bir özellik Bina, Bir tasarımcı ile yakın bir çalışma
– Aşağı izleme ve yeni bir video oynatıcı hata tespit

Yayınlamak, gibi, ve bulmak: açık ve küratörlüğünü ekosistemi bina

Böyle uygulama mağazaları gibi çoğu ekosistemleri açık veya küratörlüğünü ya vardır. Ama neden biz de olamaz? Iyi, yapabiliriz — İhtiyacınız olan tüm üç fiiller olduğunu: yayınlamak, bulmak, ve gibi. Bu teknoloji ve başka bir şey için gidiyor.

Bir uygulamayı yayınlamak istediğiniz zaman Genellikle iki seçenek vardır: iOS App Store gibi bir şey yayımlamak (nerede insanlar app bulacaksınız, ama Apple yorumcular başvurunuzu inkar edemez) ya da sadece web sitenize koymak (o yayımlamak kolay nerede, ama hiçbir garanti kimse onu görecek var.) Not the greatest set of options.

Isn’t there a way to combine the strengths of both of these to make for the best possible experience for both publishers and consumers? I think there is. It’s called an open and curated ecosystem. Let’s take a look at:

  • What open ve curated ecosystems are
  • Examples of open and curated ecosystems
  • What you need to make an open and curated ecosystem
  • Examples of these ecosystems beyond just technology

and see if we can discover something about the power of crowdsourcing, innovation, and the three verbs yayınlamak, bulmak, ve gibi.

Curated vs. open ecosystems

The iOS App Store and open internet, among others, vardır app ecosystemsplaces where apps can be published and found. And I think the big factors that differentiate one ecosystem from another are whether the ecosystem is open, where anyone can publish apps and whether it is curated, where the best apps rise to the top and users are assured quality apps. That’s the major difference between the iOS store and the internet at large, which I mentioned earlier.

Let’s look at examples of curated and open ecosystems and what differentiates them.

5 üniversite için çok değerli ücretsiz verimlilik uygulamaları

Birkaç yıl önce ben hakkında yazdı lise için yararlı uygulamalar — ama şimdi üniversite burada, ve talep yepyeni bir set getiriyor. Beri Harvard geldi, Ben daha fazlasını yapmak zorunda kalmıştım, ve benim apps çok daha fazlasını yapmak zorunda.

Bu yeni uygulamalar gerekir Tüm platformlarda çalıştırmak (Windows'un, Mac, Android, iOS), sorunsuz senkronize aralarında, ve bana tutmaya yardımcı benim Veri organize. Onlar olmak zorunda çok yönlü, güçlü, ve kolay kullanımlı. Ve onlar olmak zorunda ücretsiz.

With that in mind, here are the five apps that I’ve relied on most at Harvard and that I recommend to anyone in college or anywhere else in life. They’re ranked in order of usefulness.

Evernote, Wunderlist, Mailbox, Sunrise, Pocket
5 ücretsiz, essential apps for college: Evernote, Wunderlist, Mailbox, Sunrise, and Pocket.

Internette kendini ifade: Bir melez bir yaklaşım?

The internet should help you express yourself easily and ensure you have control over the content and quality of your writings. But is that possible?

The internet has always been called the great platform for self-expression. The claim goes that you no longer need to be talented and lucky enough to get your work into a book or newspaper or magazine; anyone can publish anything to the internet, and if it’s good enough, it can get found.

It’s definitely true that the cost of self-expression has gone down with the internet, so people are much more likely and able to use it to publish their ideas. (The idea of economic cost, or amount of effort it takes to do something, is a very powerful one, bu arada. When it gets easier to do something, that thing explodes in popularity. It’s pretty self-evident, but it’s a powerful way of looking at things like the rise of self-expression with the internet.)

Var two main ways of publishing content online:

  • Publishing independently (making your own platform)
  • Using someone else’s platform (hosted publishing)

Both of these fall short of the goal of allowing for easy self-publishing. Bence, rağmen, o there’s room for a hybrid that would bring the best of both.

Üzerinde “sosyal” medya, zayıf bağları, ve Snapchat hikayeleri

How social media is designed to help you build relationships with acquaintances, and why Snapchat (evet, that Snapchat) is the most effective social media platform

It was late enough that I’d stopped thinking for the night, so I proudly proclaimed to my nearby friends that I was getting a Snapchat account. It had always struck me as a bit vapid and narcissisticyou’re swapping carefully-chosen selfies with others to try and win favorbut I figured I’d give it a go.

But I quickly learned that Snapchat, like any other social media platform, gives rise to a number of use cases that the creators probably never intended. (Örneğin, Twitter probably never foresaw that it would contribute to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.) What I saw was this: Snapchat and other social media platforms are surprisingly effective ways to grow and maintain your network of weak ties (acquaintances) by reducing the costs of communication and increasing the number ofhooks,” or chances to strike up conversation, you have. All social media can do this, but Snapchat, by its very nature, is the king of this.