My former engineering manager at Netflix (Ryan Burgess) and I sat down on his podcast (The Frontend Happy Hour) to discuss all things software engineering internships!

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💡 WHO AM I?
Hey 👋 If you don’t know who I am, my name is Mark Benliyan & within 18 months of writing my first line of code I did 6 software engineering internships at companies like Figma, Netflix, NASA and Tinder. My goal on this channel is to help you land your dream software engineering job!

⌚️ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Ryan and the Frontend Happy Hour
0:31 My background and the episode rules
2:37 Landing an internship
4:57 Personal stories from Netflix, Evernote & Workday
10:59 Navigating technical interviews & assessments
17:08 Finding your company match
22:18 The role of your mentor
25:47 How to have a rewarding internship experience
27:56 Breadth vs Depth in experiences
29:50 Relationship-building and cross-functional work
33:02 Working on projects of impact
36:29 What your company should be doing
38:14 Careers are long, plan accordingly
41:22 The win-win nature of mentorship
43:17 Preparation + Environment = Success
45:51 Breaking past silo’d projects or grunt work
50:03 Advice for prospective interns just starting out
54:22 Mark, Augustus, and Ryan’s FHH picks
58:35 Closing thoughts & where to find us

👨‍💻 Check out my LinkedIn:   / markbenliyan  

PS: Appreciate you watching 🤝