A guide to make most IT related internships successful

1. Make yourMake your
internshipinternship
"worth it""worth it"
Marian Marinov
Chief System Architect
SiteGround.com

2. Who am I?

3. Who am I?
Chief System Architect
of SiteGround.com

4. Who am I?
Po-ka
Chief System Architect
of SiteGround.com

5. Why would I talk about internship?

6. Why would I talk about internship?
I'm from Dobrich...I'm from Dobrich...

7. Why would I talk about internship?
I'm from Dobrich...I'm from Dobrich...
I graduated from
OTME M.V.Lomonosov

8. Why would I talk about internship?
I'm from Dobrich...I'm from Dobrich...
I graduated from
OTME M.V.Lomonosov
I HAD TO attend 3 internships
while in high-school

9. Mandatory internships
- required written proof that you worked for A COMPANY

10. Mandatory internships
- required written proof that you worked for A COMPANY
1. I worked in the company of my mother

11. Mandatory internships
- required written proof that you worked for A COMPANY
1. I worked in the company of my mother
- totally irrelevant

12. Mandatory internships
- required written proof that you worked for A COMPANY
1. I worked in the company of my mother
- totally irrelevant
- I did however wrote that it was a sysadmin internship :)

13. 2. Practicum for metal working

14. 2. Practicum for metal working
- again not relevant to my major :)

15. 2. Practicum for metal working
- again not relevant to my major :)
- we found that you can hurt your self in differrent ways

16. So why is internshipSo why is internship
so important?so important?

17. So why is internshipSo why is internship
so important?so important?

18. So why is internshipSo why is internship
so important?so important?
- experience

19. So why is internshipSo why is internship
so important?so important?
- experience
- the examples I gave are far from
a good experience

20. - it can be the push to your life's career- it can be the push to your life's career

21. - it can be the push to your life's career- it can be the push to your life's career
- or the best game that- or the best game that
you will play in your lifeyou will play in your life

22. - it can be the push to your life's career- it can be the push to your life's career
- or the best game that- or the best game that
you will play in your lifeyou will play in your life
- or it may not be for you- or it may not be for you

23. NO, you should not expectNO, you should not expect
financial benefitsfinancial benefits

24. NO, you should not expectNO, you should not expect
financial benefitsfinancial benefits
NO, you should notNO, you should not
expect to have momexpect to have mom
looking over yourlooking over your
shouldershoulder

25. If you manage to put yourself If you manage to put yourself
in the right companyin the right company

26. If you manage to put yourself If you manage to put yourself
in the right companyin the right company
you may never work you may never work
a day in your life...a day in your life...

27. If you manage to put yourself If you manage to put yourself
in the right companyin the right company
you may never work you may never work
a day in your life...a day in your life...

28. If you happen to choose If you happen to choose
the WRONG COMPANYthe WRONG COMPANY

29. If you happen to choose If you happen to choose
the WRONG COMPANYthe WRONG COMPANY
­ you will work on projects
that NOBODY wants to work on

30. If you happen to choose If you happen to choose
the WRONG COMPANYthe WRONG COMPANY
­ you will work on projects
that NOBODY wants to work on
­ there would be no mentoring

31. If you happen to choose If you happen to choose
the WRONG COMPANYthe WRONG COMPANY
­ you will work on projects
that NOBODY wants to work on
­ there would be no mentoring
­ new tech may be even forbidden

32. If you happen to choose If you happen to choose
the WRONG COMPANYthe WRONG COMPANY
­ you will work on projects
that NOBODY wants to work on
­ there would be no mentoring
­ new tech may be even forbidden
­ and you will end up saying
­ its just work

33. So... choose wiselySo... choose wisely

34. How to get How to get
this PERFECT this PERFECT
internship?internship?

35. MOST IMPORTANTLYMOST IMPORTANTLY
­ ­ show that you want to learnshow that you want to learn

36. MOST IMPORTANTLYMOST IMPORTANTLY
­ ­ show that you want to learnshow that you want to learn
- show that you can think- show that you can think

37. MOST IMPORTANTLYMOST IMPORTANTLY
­ ­ show that you want to learnshow that you want to learn
- show that you can think- show that you can think
- be honnest- be honnest

38. MOST IMPORTANTLYMOST IMPORTANTLY
­ ­ show that you want to learnshow that you want to learn
- show that you can think- show that you can think
- be honnest- be honnest
- work on FOSS projects- work on FOSS projects

39. MOST IMPORTANTLYMOST IMPORTANTLY
­ ­ show that you want to learnshow that you want to learn
- show that you can think- show that you can think
- be honnest- be honnest
- work on FOSS projects- work on FOSS projects
- show your own projects- show your own projects

40. MOST IMPORTANTLYMOST IMPORTANTLY
­ ­ show that you want to learnshow that you want to learn
- show that you can think- show that you can think
- be honnest- be honnest
- work on FOSS projects- work on FOSS projects
- show your own projects- show your own projects
- even if they don't ask- even if they don't ask
for your projects...for your projects...
you HAVE to show themyou HAVE to show them

41. Make your internship
successful

42. If you are a company, planning
If you are a company, planning
on creating or improving
on creating or improving
an internship program
an internship program

43. at the end of the Internship...

44. at the end of the Internship...
● it is not required that the intern liked
his colleagues or management

45. at the end of the Internship...
● it is not required that the intern liked
his colleagues or management
● the intern may not stay to work for the
company

46. at the end of the Internship...
the only the only successful successful InternshipInternship
is the one where is the one where the Internthe Intern
is happy is happy
with what he have learnedwith what he have learned

47. Marian Marinov ­ Chief System ArchitectMarian Marinov ­ Chief System Architect