Comments on: Use Your Summer Internship

By: J Walton

J Walton — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:29:30 +0000

An internship is valuable to your major, but I think it is EXTREMELY important to think outside the box. The most coveted internships are for the “selected” few with GPAs only few can obtain. Everyone else will either find another way to become an intern or quit. If you are still “searching” for an internship, the author’s suggestion to sell sites is a great alternative to make money and will be a great conversation piece in an interview. You have to sell yourself…no one else will!

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 06:18:37 +0000

Have to concur with King Asa. When I got out of college I was disappointed to discover that no employer was willing to consider the work I’d done before entering college. It was as if they thought I’d been mind-wiped, and had thus lost the skills built up in four years of running people’s computer networks. Getting relevant experience under one’s belt is critical, especially since most students will have loan collectors hounding them ’round the clock after graduation.

By: King Asa

King Asa — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:41:42 +0000

I think a internship in a field relevant to your major and desired future job are perhaps the most valuable experience you have when interviewing for jobs after graduation. I don’t think I agree with using an internship to explore unless you are a freshman or sophmore in college… I think you need at least one or two summers of actual relevant work experience to make you valuable to future employers.