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Ask HN: Who's Hiring... Students?
36 points by windsurfer on Aug 13, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 28 comments
As a sub-thread for this post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=759452 I would like to ask HNers if they know of any companies that are looking for future interns or co-op students. I'm sure a lot of students like myself are here lurking and learning from the great people here on HN, and would love to connect.



It's too late for this summer, but if you are still a student next year, then Google's Summer of Code is a great option. Mentoring organizations are usually announced by mid-March (see timeline for this year here http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc...). For almost any interest, there is probably a mentoring organization that is doing something you would be interested in (and if not, google also allows applications for independent projects through their open-source programs office). I've definitely learned as much, if not more, working on a project through SoC as I did at an internship I had at a small software development shop a couple of years ago. The pay is better too. The only downside is that you might spend a lot of time alone, only contacting people through a mailing list and/or irc channel.


I've had this daydream lately of doing SoC or something like it while also spending the summer travelling. (Not hardcore, always-on-the-move travelling, just living around in a few interesting cities (or even other countries) for a week or two at a time). I haven't looked very hard into whether this would be possible. As someone who has done SoC, does it strike you as unrealistic? (Issues of budget and potential distractions aside)


A friend of mine travelled through Europe while he did gsoc, staying at friends' places mainly.


GSoC is awesome. My SoC application didn't get through, but the mentoring organization I applied to (Haiku) organized their own event, the Haiku Code Drive, and I managed to get in.

I had little experience when I applied for SoC. Thanks to the HCD, I have learned more in these 2 months than I have learned in all those years of hacking alone.


http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=759667

We're looking for an intern who could help out with the front end of an Android, iPhone, or Web App (we have all three, and an intern could choose the area that most appeals to them). It would be nice if you have experience in the area you'd like to work in; but it isn't necessary if you're a smart, well rounded, guy-or-gal.

If you're interested, we can also teach you some Lisp and machine learning stuff a bit down the line.

Our team is half in NYC and half in Cambridge, although geography isn't a deal breaker.

Email me (address in profile) if you're interested.


Here at World on a Hanger in London - http://www.worldonahanger.com - we're looking for a rails or iphone hacker. Either intern or short-term contractor. Get in touch, email address in profile.

You can work from our London office or remotely.


I would suggest we could start a thread like this once a year, maybe at the beginning of the summer or whatnot. The reason I say this is that I am extremely interested in the offers listed here, but I probably won't have time 'til next summer to actually apply for any of them. If I knew at the beginning of the summer (or earlier) what offers were out there, I would be able to apply to a lot more of these offers. Just a thought :).


I agree that a repeat of this post would be much more helpful around February. However, if the students are able to work remotely, then any time of the year works fine.


We were just discussing the need to post here to find the right kind of student workers.

The Center for Biomedical Informatics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (http://www.research.chop.edu/cbmi/) is looking for some smart, well-rounded student workers who could be here on co-op, part-time during the school year, and potentially next summer as well.

Our group is pretty entrepreneurial in the sense that we actively encourage people to develop projects on their own, using the right tool for the job. This summer, we've been experimenting with iPhone development and GeoDjango web app development to name just two areas.

More important than technical skills though, we're looking for people who are passionate about technology and enjoy the experience of being in uncharted territory, constantly learning new things. Biomedical interest or studies is always a bonus, but not strictly required. If you're interested, send me an email with your resume and a bit about yourself: italiam [at] email.chop.edu.


We are looking for junior people in SF. It is not a start up - it's consulting work for existing and new clients at a small shop. Your CS degree from CMU or whatever means nothing here if you can't talk to people. The lead guy is really good and you would learn a lot. Email in profile - would be happy pass info along. All the beer you can drink at the office.


Also network engineers of all levels :)


I've found that just about every company out there is hiring students. In most companies eyes it's like getting cheap highly trained labor.


my venture backed very early stage startup in cambridge is hiring students who are great coders. email address in my profile.


The "email:" text box you see is not publicly visible. You have to enter it in the "about:" section. I wish pg mentioned this fact there. This has been brought up many times. (Although, at least for HN, it is reasonable to expect users to log out and view their profile page, to know how it appears to the public)


The ADWEB Agency from Melbourne, Australia is seeking a Front End Developer/Designer, proficient in HTML/CSS and Javascript, with an interest in UI/UX. We have a strong past in hiring students, as the entire design team (including myself) have begun our careers in placements.


Indinero.com brought on two interns for the summer, one who we found from HN. (he was awesome!) If you're a passionate coder, feel free to contact me. Email address is in my profile.


Send me an email akshay@mugasha.com. Also check out http://mugasha.com if it interests you.


Haven't seen this site yet, very cool.


In my humble opinion, "very cool" is a huge understatement. Very relevant to my interests.


Diffbot is a seed-funded search startup, and we work out of the Stanford campus. We're currently have openings for paid internships for local students passionate about our products (info at http://www.diffbot.com) with interest in machine learning. Drop us a line at jobs@diffbot.com !


My comment from the other post: We're hiring interns at the moment. Internet marketing, designers and developers. Anyone that has a basic background and is will to learn is considered.

http://www.mybanktracker.com

We're located in Brooklyn, NY Apply here: jobs@mybanktracker.com


Pattern Insight is hiring both full time engineers and students/interns

We are a startup based in Mountain View, CA building next generation semi-structured analysis and search platform

http://patterninsight.com/about/careers.php


If you know solr/lucene and some python, we're definately interested here at NewsCred. We're funded, generating revenues and have an awesome B2B product. Email me and I'll send over details. Shafqat at newscred dot com.


Academia.edu is hiring student interns. We have three interns at the moment. We are currently looking for engineering interns. Email jobs at academia.edu if you are interested to learn more.


We're looking for interns at Heyzap (YC09), come and join us! http://www.heyzap.com/docs/jobs


on a related note, who's interested in hiring an undergrad for the summer or year between completing undergrad and doing a math or cs theory phd?


Facebook is. See http://www.facebook.com/careers/


If you are a passionate coder and love python, contact me. We are going after sharepoint.




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