Making The Most of Your Summer Internship (Fall 2015)

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Making the Most of Your Summer Internship Jonathan Maltz (you can call me Maltz) @maltzj or [email protected]

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Hi! I’m Maltz ● I Build Android apps at Yelp Eat24 ● I’ve Been ‘Droid building for 2 years ● Big Hello Kitty fan ● Bigger fan of mentoring at hackathons

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Hi! I’m Maltz

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Yelp’s Mission: Connecting people with great local businesses.

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Yelp Stats: As of Q2 2015 83M 32 68% 83M

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Why am I here today?

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1. Personal growth 3 to Having a Successful Internship 2. Knowing what you want out of a full time position 3. Having a great time

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Personal Growth

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Antipattern Alert

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In it for the full time offer Isaac

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Why is this bad?

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Let’s talk about bowling dude

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How to think about skill growth

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● Have Design Reviews ○ Have to explain yourself a lot? Reflect on why. ○ Preemptively clarify ● Write documentation Communication Skills

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Aside on your mentor

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Aside on your mentor

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Aside on your mentor Teaching Doing

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Technical Skills ● Try to never make the same mistake twice ● Find really successful people, ask them what they read ● Ask about words you don’t understand

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Workflow Skills ● Automate as much as possible ○ If something bothers you, make it easier ● See something cool? Ask about it. ● Learn your tools well

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Understand what you want when you graduate

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What the heck does he mean by culture?

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What Culture Isn’t What Culture Is Do I get free lunch? How do people communicate about issues? How is the office decorated? When I have a problem, how does it get resolved? Are there Yoga Classes? How much effort do we put into mentoring? Other benefits / perks How much autonomy is given to me?

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How do I know “good culture” from “bad culture”?

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Frustration Principle

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Antipattern Alert

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Always with her team Anna

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Why is this bad?

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1. Lose out on learning opportunities

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2. Never know if your problems/successes are unique

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The simple guide to meeting anyone 1. Find someone who knows something you’re curious about 2. Schedule 30 minutes to talk to that person 3. Be punctual 4. Ask the questions you’re curious about. a. “What do you do here?” is totally valid

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