I have been doing some research into trying to get an internship over the summer with a tech company and wanted to know if anybody had any suggestions on companies to check out. I would probably be better with a marketing internship but do have a bit of coding experience.<p>I am a sophomore college student (University of Miami) and would be willing to travel pretty much anywhere in the US for a good program (help finding lodging would be appreciated though)<p>I know some python and some java and plan on learning Django/html/css between now and the summer. Also I have a good deal of experience in marketing, both online and offline.
You should look into HackNY (<a href="http://hackny.org" rel="nofollow">http://hackny.org</a>). Last summer HackNY paired 35 students [1] up with startups and gave them all housing in NYC.<p>[1] <a href="http://hackny.org/a/2011/06/class-of-2011-hackny-fellows/" rel="nofollow">http://hackny.org/a/2011/06/class-of-2011-hackny-fellows/</a>
The hiring threads, posted at the beginning of each month by the bot whoishiring [1], are great resources for finding places to intern at.<p>[1] <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=whoishiring" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=whoishiring</a>
the short answer is: yes. any experience you get working at MOST startups will be phenomenal. the key is finding one who's founders are on the same page you are (work hours, personality, etc).<p>I posted on HN about 8 months ago, came out here to work, we got some funding, and now I'm taking a semester off class to work as the first employee. so, keep being proactive and ask the right questions - the rest will fall into place.