I am a CS student from Athens, Greece. It's this time of my life that I must get into a demanding and high throughtput work environment with lots of learning opportunities (aka internship). Unfortunately good internship opportunities in Greece (I cant speak for other countries) are very rare. Especialy for modern technologies like Rails etc (lack of a mature startup ecosystem).<p>Are there any Ruby/Rails startups willing to accept remote interns/apprentices? If yes please include email to send CV/Motivation letter. I guesss a lot of people (including me) would really love working for a startup (especialy one that is using our favorite programming languages, tools etc.) . Additionaly I think that such opportunities would benefit both sides as well as the general local ecosystem (eg. more experienced people in Greece).<p>PS. This question is for both paid and unpaid internships.
If you're going to work remotely, I would recommend skipping the internship. If you know rails and can throw together a nice webapp, and you're studying CS, you're qualified to do real work. Just apply for some contracts on the basic freelancer sites out there, get some experience, then apply to more ambitious places.<p>Open source participation could also provide meaningful interaction with others on par with an internship.
Why would you want to do it remotely? I have worked with interns from a lot of countries, and this is something especially the EU makes a lot easier (but I've also worked with interns from e.g. Egypt). And while we have done remote internships, I'm convinced being in the same spot works a lot better, for both parties.<p>Depending on the company, you won't get rich, but we have always tried to make sure interns could at least break even, and off-course learn a lot. Some of them stayed, and I have now one remote person working for us in Egypt, who used to be an intern (and stayed in Amsterdam, where we are based, during the internship).
Are you dedicated to staying in Athens? Or are you just figuring that no one will be willing to pay for you to come to the US/UK/whereever. Because if it's the latter, I think you would be surprised.
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Once upon a time, I found a software product I really liked. I emailed the (very small) company and asked if I could intern, and they said yes.<p>A year later, I did it again, with a different company.<p>I only tried this twice, and it worked both times. In both cases, I was paid enough to cover expenses, and the second company offered me a job. You could probably start by doing the same, but be clear "remote only".
I tend to prefer having face-to-face interaction with interns, because it lets me determine more easily what they're understanding and what they're struggling with. Physically being in the same space can also create a more helpful environment where interns are comfortable to ask questions as they arise. Still, this is becoming less and less important with virtual offices, and tools like StackOverflow that can be better than asking a coworker anyway. Also, I've found that with introverted interns, communication can often be better through email than in person. Since I work on a distributed team at Coshx Labs, feel free to ping us about our intern program and if we'd be a good fit for each other.
Hi - you say startups, but have you considered going a bit larger? I work for a large mobile (~800 employees, NASDAQ listed) technology company whose co-founders were Greek, and our largest engineering team is in Athens. I know some of our products are Ruby based (not my department, I deal with native mobile apps).<p>If you want to get in touch with me I can forward your CV to the right people. Just checked and we're recruiting Athens based interns right now (and they're paid). Plus you'll get to do a lot of work with our offices in SF and London. Send me a DM on Twitter (@objclxt) and I'll ping you my e-mail.
We'd love to talk to you - founders@pedalr.com ... working on V2 of the service (<a href="http://www.pedalr.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.pedalr.com</a> | <a href="https://angel.co/pedalr" rel="nofollow">https://angel.co/pedalr</a>) and business model. Please send your CV if you'd be interested in working on the intersection of content and ecommerce with a fun group and some great advisors. We're Ruby, MYSQL, Wordpress.
Email us at internships [@] crowdtilt.com. There may be a unique opportunity to do something remotely with our API (just launched to the public this week).
All the team members of BigBinary work remotely.<p>Anyone looking for internship opportunity can contact us.<p><a href="http://bigbinary.com/" rel="nofollow">http://bigbinary.com/</a>
lol isnt the point of an internship to learn?<p>Best place to learn is right next to someone. There are significant communication barriers in remote working. Sure they can be mitigated but presence and a piece of paper is not to be underestimated.<p>If you can intern remotely just get a job as you would have to be capable.
Have you tried the open-source product startups? They are approximately all set up virtually. I have never run into one that actually had a real office. It should not matter to them where you are physically, since they are not dragging along a costly legacy of habits that requires it.