Ep. 108 - Tech Internships (Dara Oke)
Dara Oke graduated with four tech internships. She’s worked at Intel, Microsoft, and Twitter building features in languages and on topics she hadn’t yet learned. We talk about her day-to-day and how codenewbies can get their own real-world experience.
Dara Oke graduated with four tech internships under her belt. She’s worked at Intel, Microsoft, and Twitter building features in languages she hadn’t studied and on topics she hadn’t yet covered in school. But now as a program manager at Microsoft, she looks back at those internships as an essential part of her success and education. We talk about the day-to-day of a tech internship, how she found her place at these powerful tech companies, and how codenewbies everywhere can find their own opportunities to learn through real-world experience.
Show Links
- TwilioQuest (sponsor)
- DevDiscuss (sponsor)
- DevNews (sponsor)
- Career Karma (sponsor)
- Cockroach Labs (sponsor)
- Microsoft Explore Program
- Neopets
- UT Austin
- GitHub
- Codeland Conf
- Codeland 2019
Dara Oke
Software engineer, program manager, and full time creative.