Virtual Internships

Something I have been looking into recently. I’m thinking more and more about possible careers change into the computer science industry or IT industry.

However I’m thinking that my application may not go so well if all I have is “I learnt the concepts and structure online via codecademy.com”. As much as the content online is useful I feel it would be wholly inadequate in a job application. Unless codecademy, code school, udacity or whatever carry wait in the industry.

Treehouse is a site that seems to target current people in the industry as well as learners. One of it quotes on the website is “Earning 2,000 points on Treehouse can correspond with a $10,000 increase in salary. Earn achievements and rack up those points to become an expert”. Now to achieve this Treehouse must mean something in the world of professional computer coding.

More about Treehouse when I finally get into a position to be able to review it with some purpose.

Back to internships, or Virtual internships in particular. I live in the UK and as far as I’m aware these aren’t too common place here. I’ve seen the film with Vince Vaughan and Owen Wilson (great film) but other than that what I understand is it’s a bit like work experience spliced with a job interview. I love the idea of it all but am not in a position with a dependent family to give up work to learn fulltime or away from said family at the moment.

I however do like the way it works and I have managed to find a couple of options on the net that might be of interest to me as that are virtual opportunities. I can perform my work remotely and email the results in once complete. Now I’m not naïve enough to think I won’t have deadlines etc and I may need to be up some nights to complete tasks as well as working fulltime.

Anyways, at this moment in time I’m not in a position to apply so until that point I’m will continue to do as much as I can in the mean time.