Internship at Girl Develop It

Great Opportunity!!

General Job Overview

Girl Develop It is hiring! We are looking for interns who want to take the next step and go from learning on their own or through classes to being in a supportive environment where your budding code skills can flourish.

Interns will work on feature projects for the Girl Develop It website. The website is built in Ruby on Rails and uses HTML, CSS, Javascript and a Postgres database.

Don't know the languages? That's ok! Clearly, GDI is here to teach you the skills you want to learn.

To apply, please send a cover letter explaining why you would like the internship, what you hope to get out of it, and any past experience you have working with programming languages (including classes you have taken from Girl Develop It). Also, attach your latest resume.

Time commitment for the internship can vary depending on your availability but a minimum of 8 hours a week is expected.

PREFERRED Qualifications

A Girl Develop It intern should:

•  Have prior experience with at least HTML and CSS
• Be willing to throw themselves into a problem that is a little above their head
• Be excited about the chance to learn new languages, procedures and trends
• Be self-motivated
• Come to work with both questions and ideas
• Be ready to code every day
• Accept mistakes as learning opportunities and not failures
• Be passionate about their own education and the education of others

For more details, go to: http://goo.gl/jhWlI

P.S. Thanks Miriam Hochwald for the post.