[onezeronine]

I once hired two interns from an old startup of mine in 2017 who were on the verge of quitting CS because they found out that maybe it is not the course for them. I told them that CS teaches fundamentals, but real life programming work teaches you how to write good code.

I got them to work on an internal tool using Node and Vue.js for 2 months. They were good programmers overall.

After their internship ended and completed the requirements for college, I received a personal letter from them thanking me for the knowledge and support they got from me. Apparently, I lost the letter after closing our startup after a year. But I vividly remember the gratitude I got from them.

What I learn is that internship is a two-way street. You learn how to communicate with them effectively at their level and they learn from you in writing software.