Re: [SiliconBeach] Where should I start looking for summer internships?

2012-07-25 Thread William
Hey everyone, Thanks for the advice and just clarifying I'm based in Melbourne and looking to work in web and perhaps mobile development. Chris I guess I should have been more specific with declaring Ruby on rails as a language and it was an oversight, I do understand that it's a framework. I

Re: [SiliconBeach] Where should I start looking for summer internships?

2012-07-24 Thread Chris Sharkey
Hi William, As someone who has employed both interns and new programmers in a small organisation, I can tell you that experience/skills above formal education is the biggest thing for me. Things I would look for: - Projects you have worked on and completed on your own - A demonstrable interest i

Re: [SiliconBeach] Where should I start looking for summer internships?

2012-07-24 Thread Pat Allan
Hi William Where are you based, and is it a web development role you're looking for? Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide all have regular monthly Ruby meets, so that'd be a great way to meet other developers, the bulk of which probably work in smaller teams. Some may be interested in having y

[SiliconBeach] Where should I start looking for summer internships?

2012-07-23 Thread William
Hi everyone, Well I'm a 1st year Computer Science student and although they recommend searching for internships in your 2nd and 3rd years I thought I'd ty to get a headstart. A little about myself, I'm 20 years old and been a web developer or about 5 years know originally started out as a Fro