Summer is a great time at TechCrunch - a flood of smart, enthusiastic and, best of all, cheap labor flows into our office (my house in Atherton), and stuff just starts getting done. And since my house is overrun with these bright and cheery young faces who are just so ridiculously enthusiastic about everything, I bail for most of the summer to the San Juan islands in Washington.
We use interns all year, and started a full time summer program in 2007. Two of last year’s interns are now full time with us (Mark Hendrickson and Dan Kimerling).
This summer, we welcomed Cameron Christoffers (Stanford), Rob Olson (UC Irvine), Peter Sauer (Grand Valley State) and Matthew Schulz (Indiana) to TechCrunch.
These guys are absolutely amazing - they happily do anything we ask them to do, from research and writing to getting Chipotle for the office. The only hard part is saying goodbye to them at the end of the summer. Or watching Facebook pick them off as they hire everyone in sight.
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Kudos to intern techcrunchers! Hope they get boost in their job carreer.
now is august, are they there for a month?
> … CHEAP LABOR flows into our office …
An hour ago, I thought TechCrunch’s weekend posts start reading like the Sunday Times, but now again food for the mob, Calacanis-style
if i went to stanford i wouldnt intern with you guys
maybe google or nasa etc…
seriously - is this the best that stanford guy could pull off? the other schools maybe, but stanford?
Truly, the new economy is powered by Diet Coke and pizza.
Can you provide dietary coverage and blood work before and after results from the internship period?
Most of them are working with crunchbase… good job guys wish you luck.
http://blabtech.blogspot.com
Ya great launching point for these guys. We have 2 at docstoc and they make our lives about 100 times easier.
going to college for 4 years, maybe an Ivy league - just to get your damn coffee and run your petty errands as an intern?
bs with that…hire an illegal alien for that
It was a pleasure to meet the interns the last couple of times we were in SF. Keep up the good work.
great job…here’s my resume: http://www.newsbreaktimes.com
Sounds like Kramer’s intern for Kramerica Corporation in one of the most hilarious Seinfeld episode.
Interns - Get a real internship!
That kramer intern was very efficient and subserviant … I would intern him in a minute…!
No female interns
Presumably a reflection of how few women are interested in technology. Mike, were there any female applicants for the internships?
Not true, PC Magazine (where I work) always has tons of female interns and our Blog/Editorial dept is dominated by them.
Not at all. The problem is that Mike Arrington is one big horny bastard who doesn’t get pussy that often. So.. As a lawyer knowing serious consequence of sexual harrasment at work he prefers to resist temptation by not hiring young hot female interns.
Nice! You have an intern from Grand Valley State (Grand Rapids, MI). Michigan produces only the best web experts. It’s science.
You went to Stanford just to land @TC…That’s hysterical.
yep my thought also
Sanford… ha. I auditied several classes at Stanford (and the joke is true - ” …the hardest thing about Stanford? Getting in…”) And I worked with several Stanford PhD’s and
–> you can have them!!!!
Techcrunch might actually be the perfect place to intern. They will get tons of industry connections and an overall industry view in a very short time. The press has a lot of power.
Its a perfect launchpad to wherever they want to go.
Although interning for TC may produce a lot of industry connections, that’s putting an aweful lot of eggs into the tech bubble basket. Rather than experiencing serious software engineering, these guys are shooting for short term fame and fortune.
Techcrunch interns are a rare breed, they get exposure to an entire industry, in a short period of time. I’ve been impressed with the TC interns and employees I’ve met over the last year+.
Also, it’s interesting to note that nearly every TC employee heads off to greatness, consider this a launchpad into your career. congrats
I agree they will probably fare better at tech crunch working for pats on the back than some no-name company that actually pays them. Probably learn more as well.
where’s the application form ?
I love interns, nothing but cheap labor, hugely ambitious, and willing to do whatever on the job. Congrats on this
Yeah, not that many women. And what about your Tweet about appointing Shira Lazar to write for TechCrunch or was that the joke I suspected - http://johnwelsh.wordpress.com.....chcrunch/? Pity. That would have been such fun!
I pretty you want “in sight”. Unless I’m confused or it’s some sort of play on words with “on site”/”in sight”.
That should read “I’m pretty sure”. Wow. That’s what I get for correcting.
Hey Michael, I’m a college student interested in technology and Web 2.0. I was wondering how can apply for your internship next summer. Thanks
I would like to apply for an internship-seriously! how can I apply?
I am a female and a TC intern (Spring 2008, Fall 2008) off in the summer– very much an internet geek, and pretty attractive to boot– we DO exist. So there.
=)
So there?
And how many of your colleagues Spring 2008/Fall 2008 are women or minorities? That’s the thing, see, it’s not just that there’s one, yippee!, it’s that there is critical mass which suggests that there are (equal) opportunities to be had — and not just for one or two.
Awesome! Can’t wait to begin reading more, better researched posts (better researched being the key words
Welcome!
Oh, everyone is asking how to apply for TC internship… same thing with me.
Anyway, read all the comments about your former intern Ben. Its amazing, your blog is interactive
Where i can find this site
What a diverse group. Kudos on your hiring practices.
I’ve been following TechCrunch for several years now, and it continues to be my favorite blog to read. Just a few minutes ago, I decided, “I really really want to intern there!” So, I typed in the URL and this entry was the first thing I saw! Talk about a coincidence…
Anyway, just wanted to share my story. Now to look for a way to apply!
Why no girls? C’mon.. it couldn’t be that hard to find
cute guys,
i guess Michael is hanging around this summer
Ohh Michael Arrington, you and your sexy toy boy parties.
The word “sausage fest” comes to mind. I guess all the hot girl interns apply at Apple.
yay, go interns!
i second or third the call for more females….
I met these guys at the august capital meetup. Good set of guys, keep up the good work.
does this mean you will finally fire Dunca?
No women? No minorities? Guess Techcrunch isn’t an equal opportunity employer.
What?! Are you kidding ? Mike is a minority.
I interviewed Rob Olson at my company. I remember writing:
“This guys has the exact spirit and attitude towards technology that our company is lacking. Hire him”
Hey guys! Have a fun summer. I hope to see you all soon. Best wishes from New York!!
the comments do bring up an important issue about diversity in our little web world…start-up scene…its overly dominated by ‘white’ males. It’s an interesting topic that never really gets talked about.
Are you joking? That topic has been discussed to *death* on almost every tech related blog sometime in the last year.
To be socially acceptable, you need to hire at least one black guy (right off the bat).
and prerabbly an Asian too - then a female.
otherwise you look like a selective organization in the eyes of the public
public image, people - public image.
each these guys should start a website (or just reg. a domain name), and claim it to be a startup co. on their resumes…that looks real nice to employees.
why no china intern? you discriminate against us! me not read no techcrunch now..me eat tofu stir fry noodule
Hope they can make good coffee.
That Cameron is quite the stud. He could intern for me any day of the week.
Echoing the half-dozen above me, the first thing I noticed when reading about the introduction of “summer interns” was the lack of women. Err, the absence of women. Why only men? Hmm.
In any case, a hearty welcome to Cam, Rob, Peter, and Matt.
Perhaps no female candidates made themselves known or were eligible. Significantly less than 1 in 4 people in this industry are women (more like 1 in 10) so statistically it’s more likely for them to all be men. If it was dictated that a woman had to be present in the name of diversity, that’d be unfair to whichever other person was canned or looked over because they didn’t fit some physical profile.
… appeasing Mr. Arrington
I thought he looked kind of nervous! But what a cool intern gig - I hope we hear some insider perspectives from this gang.
way 2 go interns!
*waves to intern Peter*
How nice of TechCrunch to mention them. A TC internship surely opens doors.
Wow.. I wish we could pull free interns. Could use some unpaid moderators
For what? Your myspace truthbox?
Chipotle? Seriously? In the Bay Area? Why?
Misters Interni (multiple of intern is interni no?!)
Was dee-runk helping some intern dude from Florida with FICO. Had a cell something like 904-916 or 904-”area code of NY” cellie. Anyway, remembered he said my biz card was all over y’all refrigerator so send me that digi pic.
Larry at duck9
p.s. I’ll help with your FICO with the same name med bill credit file mix-up. Text me 650-283-8008 or fBook me, Larry Chiang in Austin network
What is your address? I want to call you in on a zoning violation.
Just to clear some things up. We do not work solely for “pats on the back”. It is a paid internship.
Also we are not all white males. Matthew is from Taiwan, so we have one Asian in the group. Furthermore, all of us, except for Cameron, were interviewed over the phone only, so they did not know what ethnicity we were before we showed up on Mike’s doorstep the first day of work.
For those wondering how to apply for future TechCrunch internships, watch the blog regularly for the eventual post announcing they are looking for more hires. It will also be posted on http://www.crunchboard.com.
Thanks Rob. I searched for old posts and found that all calls for interns were posted there and linked to listings on crunchBoard. Does TC have fewer interns during the school year than during the summer?
Cathy- TechCrunch does not hire fewer interns during the school year. The big difference between working during the school year vs in the summer is that the interns usually work remotely–unless you attend at Stanford and are close enough to come to the office.