Are you a college student looking for a summer internship in the software industry? Fog Creek Software is the place for you! Founded by software guru Joel Spolsky of Joel on Software fame, Fog Creek Software is a small and friendly startup in New York City that’s growing fast.
At other companies, your internship would consist of work-TV-sleep-work-TV-sleep, for most of the summer, with a scintillating July 4th picnic to break the monotony. With a Fog Creek internship, you’re not going to want a TV and you’ll have to decide between sleeping and checking out the latest nightclub, restaurant, or show. That’s because we’re located in New York City, so when coding gets boring, you can sneak out to the Metropolitan Museum, a Broadway show, or a trendy club to find inspiration. (Don’t worry, you can sleep when you’re 80.)
We always give our interns a big project working on real, shipping software. For example, in 2005, all four of our interns teamed up to build a completely new product from the ground up. By the end of the summer, they had launched Fog Creek Copilot to paying customers.
Here are some other typical projects:
* A dynamic, check-as-you-type spell checker—entirely using AJAX
* Highly optimized Monte Carlo simulations for project scheduling
* An ASP to PHP compiler
* Bayesian Filtering code to filter spam and sort FogBugz email messages into areas automatically
* Adding SSL security to VNC
* A powerful Flash-based chart engine
At Fog Creek Software, we’ll give you a lot to do, and we’ll expect you to deliver something great.
Our internship program includes a great salary, free housing, free lunch, and free weekly events, like Yankees games, a boat trip around Manhattan, walking tours, museum trips, Broadway shows, movie openings, a trip to the Hamptons, and parties.
Fog Creek Software started on September 2000 based on the simple idea that if we built a company that was a great place to work, we would be able to attract great talent. Our summer internship program allows talented college students to learn about the software industry from the inside in the most exciting city in the world.
As a Fog Creek Summer Intern in Software Development you will receive mentoring from the team at Fog Creek, and learn about the software development industry from the experts. We’re a small company, so you’ll see everything that goes into software—not just code, but testing, marketing, sales, documentation, customer support, and user interface design—stuff you would never learn at a bigger company.
Sounds like your kind of job? Apply today! Officially, applications are due February 1, 2008, but we process them as they come in, so all available openings may be taken well before February 1st. We absolutely positively will not consider applications received after that date.
REQUIREMENTS
* Excellent command of written and spoken English
* Currently enrolled in a 4 year academic institution. Preference will be given to students between their Junior and Senior years.
* Top grades or a track record of success
* Permanent legal right to work in the United States. Because student visas (J1, F1, etc) are time-limited, we regret that we can’t consider interns on student visas.
* Significant coursework in Computer Science (major not required)
* Top notch computer programming skills. During the interview we’ll give you some coding problems and you will blow us away with your brilliant solutions.
BENEFITS
* Weekly stipend of $750
* Free housing in an area dorm (usually with private rooms)
* Free gym membership
* Free MetroCard (gets you on any bus or subway in New York)
* Free soft drinks
* Free lunches
MORE DETAILS
* The position is in our office in New York. No telecommuting.
* Internships last between 10 and 12 weeks
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Interested? To apply, please email us at jobs@fogcreek.com, attaching a current resume in HTML, Word, Plain Text or PDF format. In the body of the email, explain why you would be a good fit for this job. If you have a website, send us the URL.