the magic of an IT internship

Real work speaks for a specialist better than a dry description of what he can do. If you don’t have real commercial work or projects yet, come up with a technical specification for yourself and make it.

5. Don’t forget about soft skills

Even if you're a backend introvert, you'll have to interact with other developers, executives, and managers. Imagine a team in which each employee is functionally a pro, but the “cart” does not move at all. The ability to communicate helps each team member to develop, quickly navigate tasks and processes, and achieve results..

6. Own brand

The IT community today is a super developed community. When vacancies open in companies, the first thing they always do is ask in chats if anyone has suitable acquaintances. So be visible: participate in events, conferences and specialized meetings. There you can make useful contacts – future guides to various companies!

I graduated from Physics and Technology, but from the 2nd year I was drawn to write humor: I performed stand-up, played in KVN, and wrote scripts. After graduation, my KVN friends invited me to write questions for quizzes. She became an editor, then a production editor. But after several years of working “for the idea,” I wanted a flat salary and voluntary health insurance. Finding a job in a new specialty—technical writer—was not difficult: I have a large circle of friends who know that I can write well. It was worth posting one story, as several people wrote. And the funny thing is that during the interview it suddenly hit home that I was from the Physics and Technology Department! I never thought that everything would turn out like this.

Varya.

7. Internships and practices

Many companies, cushioning themselves, open a large number of internships, courses and other bridges between the company and people in order to obtain trained personnel in every way. It is best to search on the official websites of companies you like. Large companies usually have a separate “Internship” page with stated conditions and a form where you can write. For example, you can follow the opening internships in our company here: https://job.goulash.tech

From the first years of university I started taking additional courses. training in python developer, backend specialty. At the same time, I was looking for a job for a very long time, there were almost no tests. When I was completely desperate, I saw a vacancy for “DevOps Trainee.” I thought I could try it, at least there would be some feedback. There's nothing to lose. After 3 days they wrote to me, sent me a test and I was already at the company on an internship.

Nikita.

And about how to properly pass interviews, how to prepare for them and what to expect, read in the following articles, or on my channel: https://t.me/HR_stuff