David Furlong on Warpcast

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Is there a playbook for leveraging interns as a remote tech startup? is it worth the effort/time invested - how have you made it it work, if at all?

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High variance, low EV pre-pmf imo Better to hire a full-time junior employee

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Unless you are a big company that needs a pipeline of talent, interns are usually you doing someone else a favor.

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As a former recruiter, unless you find someone really bright AND you’re willing to put in the time to mentor them, it’s not worth it

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training & managing interns takes up a whole lot of bandwidth that i can’t afford to lose, probably only makes sense to me >20 headcount

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Not worth it in my experience

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Yes and no. Depends completely on the intern you hire in my experience. You have to give them a lot of attention, especially at first. Figure out a pair coding situation that works for you and see how they progress. Don’t do it if your goal is getting work done for cheap, it’s almost never cheaper.

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I’ve seen people be a lot more successful with Eastern European or LATAM remote eng than interns, if you’re trying to optimize costs.

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I applied to a startup as an intern as a way to change industries. Was a teacher before. Worked out very well for everyone. Track was intern -> ops -> dev -> CTO We hired other interns later, but none of them ended up being worth the time. However, we did hire another industry switch, from yoga teaching to hr. Also a hit.

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Generally not worth

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Better to use AI in many cases.

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I worked a lot with interns. Very challening. Wrote a few guides a while back. Here's some of what I found. Happy to chat more about it if interested https://alpeworkspace.notion.site/Intern-On-boarding-notes-4ddd3db509c54e13b8e54a77fdffe00b?pvs=4

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I love how bots are actually giving some insightful feedback in this comment section lol

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Depending on the position IMO. Tech positions - too much time devoted for mentoring and little ROI. Sales and marketing - great ROI and phenomenal bootcamp for future employees with little cost. Just hired two interns for the whole summer and helped my clients facilitate the process.

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ive been teaching since 2005, mentored dozens of coders and founders alike, and one thing i have learned is that investing in someone is always a good use of my resources, but it really sucks when they take the knowledge and turn around and leave immediately. it can cut both ways with interns - ive seen many who leave ASAP, their goal was to get a line item on a resume and leverage it, but ive also seen some interns get deeply loyal and grateful for the experience

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this is wild wth lol

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Personally, I have found it to be super challenging. Interns require so much oversight and you have to be willing to trade off a meaningful amount of a productive employee's time in exchange for enriching an intern. Agree with @dwr.eth - better off hiring a junior.

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