We had a list of 1500 items in a table. I had to search them each on Google, explore a little to find a specific type of image as per our requirement, download it, rename it to the unique id corresponding to that item and then store that in a folder. Did it all in a single day 🫠🫠

Some context: It was an early stage startup. The co-founder started doing this because it was urgent for testing but he also had a ton on his plate already. Moreover, I was already done with my tasks for the week and had nothing to do literally so I volunteered.

Analyst

Analytics Manager

I was an Intern at Startup, so called manager (aka damager )with 2 yoe in IT, he didn't know what the work was & how it should be done 
  
 He would takeup a meeting & throw the raw ideas & tell us to build, If we asked any questions he would shout at us 
 I completed my 6 months of unvaluable internship & left , god knows how people are surviving with him, literally freak !! 😂

Software Engineer

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What's the most ridiculous task you've been given as an intern?

What's the most ridiculous task you've been given as an intern?- Grapevine

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I once interviewed for an internship at this startup that made stuff for pets. I had researched the company inside and out.

I wore this funky shirt with a bird pattern to fit in 'context'. 
Turns out, the CEO was wearing the exact. same. shirt. 
We both just froze for a second, then she started laughing and said, "Okay, you've got the right vibe for this place!"

Weirdly enough, accidentally matching outfits with the boss helped me get the internship. 
I guess sometimes the most awkward moments can actually work in your favour!

Do you have funny/weird internship stories?

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Best if I ask them, rather than assuming things! 
- When you crack SDE Internship(MAANG types) at a big tech giant, do they give you general work or place you in a department that is along the lines of your projects and/or OSS contributions. Say I've got intermediate mobile engineering skills under my belt, will that be my department for the duration of the internship or I'll be expected to code to other 'alien-to-me' parts of the codebase. 
-What degree of skill proficiency do they expect. I'm sure I'm not founding any companies single handedly but still, for the heck of it: how skilled would you need to be to survive interning there daily?

P.S.A. -> I can you feel like being mean to me in the comments, this is who you're being mean to :

Frivolous Doubts: Internship Edition

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TLDR;

Had a data science intern join our team. His resume was really impressive, good academic record, had a couple of research internship (NUS, IIT), 4 papers in  journals etc. His interview was just okay, but we probably got biased by his resume which looked stellar.
This guy didn’t know very basic python programming. We gave him basic task of converting a image dataset from one format to another(very first step of developing ML model). Took a week, constantly badgered all the team members, would just randomly copy code from ChatGPT, and if it won’t work, would ask us to solve it for him. Didn’t figure it out in a week, and at the end of week, we arranged a meeting with him about the update of work. Turns out, he didn’t even understand the task clearly. But we didn’t mind him, as it was his first week and we cut him some slack. The next week, I understood that he struggled in programming so gave him very basic task. He just had to figure out a command line program. Took two days, gave the result without any documentation, and the very next day he asked whether he would get the credit of his work and that it would account for his decision to full time conversion. 
Then he started taking a leave, EVERY WEEK. We used to have scrum call at 10AM, this guy wakes up at 10:30AM, and tells that he slept late and would come to office by 11AM( we had work from office policy), and he would come around 11:30AM. Would slack at work the entire day, give him some basic task, would keep asking silly doubts, copy paste code from ChatGPT and ask us to solve the bugs. Come to office without taking bath, no professionalism at all. One day I scolded him a lot, to come at time, learn some professionalism( if he doesn’t have good skills, atleast a humble attitude and professionalism should be there), but dude had no effect, comes at 12PM the very next day, missing the scrum call again. Was scolded many times, but didn’t have effect on him. 50k/per month stipend, completely wasted.

Tell story of the worst intern that you had

Very recent one

He was like Hansa (remember the Khichdi show). He did one thing at one time and takes min two weeks for each. He was with us for 4 months- none of his tasks are complete. He will do no-brainer work well; bring paper, pen, and coffee.

We had Hybrid mode with no restrictions. Initially he would just take leaves and not inform. When scolded, he would message random stuff and say he will work from home. What are you working on?!

When he was in office, he would never be in his seat. Constantly call him where are you? I'm at the canteen, I am having coffee, I was out to lunch, I will not be able to do this because someone else asked me to print a paper (stupid reasons)

End of tenure, he comes to me with some marks sheet. and asks for PPO. 
I look him dead in the eyes and say you know you haven't worked in 4 months, I cannot recommend. You can speak with my boss if you like.

Obviously he didn’t get PPO, called me again after a week, asking to look into it.

P.S. I gave him full marks because no point fucking up his career. He is capable of it himself.

P.S.S. I had interviewed him and felt such a failure to have hired someone like him.

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Machine Learning Engineer

I just joined a new internship (my first offline internship) at a big company and don't know what to do here... I am getting small tasks that I finish in half a day, not getting a big project and then I'm free for the rest of the office hours, don't know if I should ask for work or it would be allotted to me. I know it's silly but is this normal? And what should I do? I need clarity regarding corporate life, lmao!

Just joined a new internship

Hey everyone, heading into my first internship this summer, no other work experience  and want to hear from full time employees on the lesser known things that secure the return offer. By this I mean things other than being able to adapt to work, ask questions, not making same mistake over and over - basically the things that aren't talked about but from your perspective really makes huge a difference in your opinion on the intern.

Thanks in advance!

The "Not So Obvious" Things That Get You A Return Offer?

System, process, people or thoughts? What was the thing that made you go, shit I can't be here anymore!

Whats the most ridiculous thing you have seen in your office?

I remember making 7000/month and spending all of it on travelling by Uber everyday because my dad didn't let me use the car and the Summer heat was making me melt. I needed an AC so I instantly blew almost 4000 rupees/month on just Ubers. With the rest I went to a nice restaurant with my mom+dad for lunch and it is my most memorable moment in life. I felt like I had grown up.

The internship was also nice and I learnt a lot of things about building systems for a startup. It was one of the best 8 weeks I had spent learning something new and cool. 

I bet I used to look like Shinchan in this picture when I was in the office and seeing 40 year olds talking to 20 year olds like they were their buddies.

I was about to call them uncle hahaha.

What was your story from your First Job/ Internship?

Thread: Share a Story from your First Job/ Internship...

Product Manager

Hey everyone, My first post in Grapevine

I will be finishing my 2nd yr(T2 ECE), and want to do an internship. 
I know only very basic concepts of python, Java, oops dsa and in ML/data science (all youtube)

Can you tell what is actually done throughout an internship,
ie do they give you small tasks like writing a function (similar to the problem stmts from codechef/hacker rank) 
or you get to shadow them while they're working 
or they assume u already know the stuff and make you part of team that develops a fully fledged backend application 
or even worse they ask you to develop some basic website or ask u to create a model with demo datasets?
 
Now if I were to apply for internships at some good companies or startups, pls suggest what and how should I prepare for it?
What and all should I expect them to ask me?

Also please do drop in your first internship experiences.

PS: Im not interested in virtual internships, and I want to get into the field of ML.
Tl;dr: Explain how internships work

Can anyone explain the economics of Internships?

Just wanted to know what are some of the weirdest things you’ve seen your co workers do?


My co worker at a previous organisation used to take milk packets home which were  to be used in the coffee machines.

Weirdest thing you’ve seen your co workers do?

Assistant Manager

What’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve done to impress someone?

Been allotted this role at a big investment bank for my 2 month internship. Any idea what this is?

What the heck is a ‘tool automation’ engineer

Be it SDE, SRE, Data Scientist or any other role never intern at PhonePe worst place to work at, the conversion rate is lowest as compared to other. Conversion is rarely done based on skills. I have heard from other department interns that they were not even assigned a project to work on and were removed.

Interning at PhonePe felt like being in a school with strict teachers and zero respect for people.

Never intern at PhonePe

I recently received an internship offer for founder's office intern at one of the smaller us based start-ups with remote work , this is the first time I m gonna wear this hat, i have 1
2 product internships but here i am gonna do everything whether it is tech, marketing, content, email management . There is 15 days probation period which is very crucial and 1 month internship,how can I shine out . Any advices as ita very important for me as a stepping stone.

FOUNDER'S OFFICE INTERN

Interested to know how stupid can our dear managers get.

The stupidest thing your boss has done?

Intern

As a intern, what is the most impactful work which you did for your company ?

Hey guys, 
Serious question, 
I'll be interning at an MNC in Bangalore over the summer and I got this internship via campus placements.

I wanted to know what are the most common mistakes interns make and what can I do to avoid them? 

What technicals should I revise before I start? 

My role is a Software Engineering intern. 

What do I do to translate the internship into a proper PPO?

Thanks.

Intern mistakes and how to avoid them?

I'm a final year grad student who is working as an intern in a startup. It's a small team, and I'm the owner of 2 projects. Recently I've been feeling overworked and underpaid. I'm an intern who is working at the capabilities of a full-time and more. How do I have this conversation with my boss?

How do i tell my boss I'm overworked

This aim of this post is to make a thread of funny/stupid incidents which happened in your workplace today. Just trying for ways to make post-office hours sane by hearing funny/stupid incidents 🙃

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