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    24 Signs You Interned At A Start-Up This Summer

    The CLAAAAASSIC signs.

    1. The Office

    2. Or it's a living room.

    3. Everyone there was young, innocent, and hopeful.

    4. You kind of had a remarkable amount of responsibility...

    5. It is unclear whether anyone is making any money...

    6. You did not get paid.

    7. Everyone there is coding.

    8. You had to label your food in the public kitchen or someone else would take it.

    9. Everyone came in late, and worked late.

    10. It is unclear whether anyone gets sleep.

    11. Everyone in the "office" added everyone else on LinkedIn.

    12. It is unclear whether your start-up is going to be a success at all.

    13. There are lots of things that were unclear.

    14. The business strategy changed weekly. Sometimes daily.

    15. You sent out more e-mails in 1 summer than you probably will in your entire life.

    16. You have become really damn good at writing an email though.

    17. You had to bring your own laptop to work.

    18. You stared at said laptop for 7 hours a day.

    19. 3/6 total workers were “interns”.

    20. There was an alleged 7th coworker in India...

    21. One day something really great would happen and it was a huge success, and the next absolutely nothing good happened.

    22. You suddenly found yourself trying to convince your family and friends of the start-up idea.

    23. When you tell other people you intern at a start-up you sort of laugh and sigh at the same time.

    24. You leave the summer realizing that you gained more skills and knowledge and established meaningful relationships than you probably would have at a successful company!