I Want a Legendary CS Internship, But I Am Just a Freshman

By Larry Chiang

I get it.

You want a legendary internship and you know that I am the guy ‘who can get those things’. Well, there is a problem. You see as a Stanford athletics booster, I can’t talk to you after you’re in the ninth grade.

But.

But I am able to help you execute three legendary internships starting June 2014. Yes, the murmur rumors are true. I am legendary like that.

This is what to expect after you email your target internship ‘aaron (at) Box or Drew at DropBox dot com and cc: me (larry@duck9.com)

Interviewer: (thinking ok you’re smart) So what has your first year been like.
You: oh muh gawd, stanfurdh is so NICE!
Interviewer: So what programming experience do you have. (this is said as a statement– not a question. )
You: (be honest but set them up!) I am taking 106b, 103 and solved a super small problem on campus
Interviewer: TELL ME MORE
You: Well, the stanford basketball coach mentioned a specific problem with VIPs that buy seasons ticket but do not show up for games.
Interviewer: AND
You: well, they had a tech solution that wasn’t being used so me and three other freshman coded up an app using the Twilio API along with the Facebook API and packed in those seats.
Interviewer:(in their mind, “Youre hired”) Did you have any help
You: (mention two to three mentors as a “mentor mention per press interview”__________, _____________, and _______________.
Interviewer: I didn’t know LARRY CHIANG coded
You: He doesn’t. But he puts stuff in a way that helps me and my teammates execute.
Interviewer: (in their mind, “Youre hired” and I hope this kid mentions me like he mentions larry chiang. Heck, I am way better than larry chiang.)
You: Are you thinking something??
Interviewer: No no, I was just thinking what project we can put you on. Do you have any Ruby experience?? Ah who cares. You can learn it as you go. We will teach you.

are you interviewing any where else

Interviewer: anything else?!
You: I wanna be an entrepreneur / founder. Is that a problem? I know I am miles away from being a good PM (product manager). I read the book for CS 183 (google Blake Masters Peter Thiel)
Interviewer: what’s cs 183
You: It is the class that was offered once. Peter Thiel taught it. Blake Masters

## end role play ##
oh by the way. stop talking after the close

:-0

Yes, you already closed on your internship.

question: so how do I go about executing the project?
1. realize that an alpha male has a problem
2. solving this problem is prolly super duper easy using tech but remember, the alpha male went to college in the 90s before email was invented
3. application. protocol. interface. aka API. Solve said alpha person problem with an API or two.
4. two hours later, ask for feedback
5. document the ‘before’ with the “after”
6. get a testimonial from the alpha
7. blame Larry Chiang if anything goes wrong if you did what I blogged u to do.
“I read a Larry Chiang blog post”