u/Lone_Lunatic

Got a college deadline for an internship by June 1. Been looking for a month but most are unpaid. I don't want an MNC, just want to work at a startup and learn from the team.

Since I can't post my resume photo or a link here, here is the main stuff on it:

- Built a browser extension with 650+ active users in 2 weeks (React, TS)

- Web browser prototype with a 200+ waitlist (C#/.NET)

- Full-stack community meetup platform that successfully hosted 2 events with 30+ users (Next.js, PostgreSQL)

- Team-rating app used by my college for their official internal Smart India Hackathon evaluations (React, Firebase)

- A real-time Medieval 3D environment (Three.js, custom shaders)

Is this good enough to land something in a week? What should I change or highlight? Also lmk if your startup is taking interns!

I am currently building a site for a client for HR firm, they wanted it to look professional with clean animation and such. I made it in alternating white and black bg with text in black, white and gold shade and it looked premium like a consulting site would. Client had not told me previously about the color so I did what I thought would look good.

Now client wants to use maroon, yellow, white and green colour pallet but no matter which shades i try it doesn't look good. Any way to make it look good? Or should I just implement what he wants and show him how bad it looks lol.

Had a 10-min interview for an AI/ML drone startup today. Terms were 2 months unpaid, then maybe a stipend later if I'm "adequate." I only did it for the practice.

At the end, I asked what their revenue model is. The HR guy got super defensive, asked "Are you a partner? How can you ask that?" and just left the meeting. The manager stayed and just said "Sorry, we can’t share that."

Is asking about revenue taboo for interns? The aerospace/drone niche is cool, so I just wanted to see if they were actually stable or had potential before I even considered working for free. I think I dodged a red flag lol.

Had a 10-min interview for an AI/ML drone startup today. Terms were 2 months unpaid, then maybe a stipend later if I'm "adequate." I only did it for the practice.

At the end, I asked what their revenue model is. The HR guy got super defensive, asked "Are you a partner? How can you ask that?" and just left the meeting. The manager stayed and just said "Sorry, we can’t share that."

Is asking about revenue taboo for interns? The aerospace/drone niche is cool, so I just wanted to see if they were actually stable or had potential before I even considered working for free. I think I dodged a red flag lol.

Had a 10-min interview for an AI/ML drone startup today. Terms were 2 months unpaid, then maybe a stipend later if I'm "adequate." I only did it for the practice.

At the end, I asked what their revenue model is. The HR guy got super defensive, asked "Are you a partner? How can you ask that?" and just left the meeting. The manager stayed and just said "Sorry, we can’t share that."

Is asking about revenue taboo for interns? The aerospace/drone niche is cool, so I just wanted to see if they were actually stable or had potential before I even considered working for free. I think I dodged a red flag lol.

I want to reach out to a YC startup I've been following closely. Already spoke with one of their engineers about their product. Built a video for their intern role before it closed. Have real projects with actual users. Which cold emails do you actually reply to? What makes you ignore one?

I want to reach out to a YC startup I've been following closely. Already spoke with one of their engineers about their product. Built a video for their intern role before it closed. Have real projects with actual users. Which cold emails do you actually reply to? What makes you ignore one?

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