{"id":10714,"date":"2014-08-01T10:30:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T18:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/?p=10714"},"modified":"2022-04-13T12:17:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T20:17:36","slug":"introducing-the-spokeo-interns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/introducing-the-spokeo-interns\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Spokeo Interns!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Spokeo<\/a><\/p>\n

We\u2019re a growing team that likes to give back<\/a>, and this year we launched a new program that helps us both grow AND give back at the same time. This summer, we launched the first formal internship program at Spokeo.<\/p>\n

Starting in June, the first of our five interns started with us and will stay a total of 12 weeks. The remaining four newbies trickled in after and are on the same three-month plan. Upon starting with us, they each took a deep-dive in full stack web development basics to jumpstart their skills, including crash courses (one-on-ones with our senior and junior developers) in Ruby on Rails, Javascript, HTML\/CSS and Backbone. They’re learning\u00a0everything from databases to the browser.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey picked things up really quickly,\u201d noted on of Spokeo\u2019s senior developers, Austin, \u201cso we let them loose on their own projects after.\u201d<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve ensured that each intern is truly immersed in our company culture and contributes to a project that really matters and will be seen by the actual public. \u00a0Many interns at other tech companies work on internal sites that will never see the light of day. Not Spokeo\u2019s 2014 class, they\u2019ll have real public sites that they can add to their portfolios for years to come.<\/p>\n

Every couple days, they undergo \u201cCode Reviews\u201d where Spokeo developers review their work and provide constructive feedback. They\u2019re each held to the same standards as the developers on our team and have blown us away with their work.<\/p>\n

Beyond representing Spokeo and joining us again post-graduation, we hope each of our five interns leaves at the end of this summer with a solid set of skills that they can apply to various projects throughout their careers.<\/p>\n

So aside from this invaluable work experience and free awesome lunches<\/a> every day, what else are they being treated to this summer?<\/p>\n