Are Your Interns Actually Sad? The Answer May...
summary
Shows concrete wins and concrete practices: an intern project cuts deployment from 12 to 3 minutes, another migrates a service to Kubernetes, and someone builds automatic reimaging using PXE boot during a 12–16 week term. Describes giving interns sudo, putting them on-call, weekly checkins, clear return-offer expectations, and frequent feedback. Cites housing and benefits gaps, explains how mentors prepare projects and resources beforehand, and offers fixes when an intern struggles so the outcomes match the claims.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:34Importance of Mentoring Interns
- 2:44What is it like to be an Intern
- 4:43Outline
- 5:05Are you ready
- 7:24Talk to your intern
- 9:35Set them up for success
- 11:53Mentorship Advocacy
- 12:50Build Realistic Expectations
- 15:10What You Can Do
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