You want to be happy that you’re working with these folks for several hours a day. You’ll need to do lots of research on the company and ask good questions in interviews to determine if it is a good fit. Young startups often require long hours to produce and maintain a product.
You should be passionate about the product and the people you’re working with. If you want to work at a startup, especially when its in an early stage, you’ll need to make sure that you love all aspects of the company. Make Sure You Love the Culture and People Working on side projects and keeping in contact with old classmates and co-workers can be great ways to improve your job prospects.ģ. After he was hired, many other new employees also came from the founders’ social circles. He previously worked on side projects with the CTO of Dropbox and was offered the job because the CTO knew first hand how skilled and effective Aston was. Aston found Microsoft’s internship program to be invaluable because of its size, strength, and caliber of interns.The social interactions you have early on in your education and career can pay off down the road and this is certainly true for Aston. Bigger internship programs put you in contact with peers who have similar goals to you. They become your network and it is up to you how strong you want it to be. The people sitting next to you in class and at your internship could be your future co-workers. Regardless of what we call it, we all network. Become a good problem solver, gain experience, nurture your network, and specialize in something in order to be an appealing candidate. Having good grades, good recommendations from professors and supervisors, and impressive projects to show are fantastic ways to show how qualified you are, regardless of what school you go to. Not every engineer went to MIT, like Aston, and not everyone has to. However, if you want to learn how to code during or after college, MOOCs are a great way to start because they’ll give you the information you need to start building things. The earlier you start, the more work you’ll have to show, and the easier the hiring process will be. Here are the top five things I learned from the Hanging out with Aston:Īston started coding websites in high school and learned all about computers as a kid. Now he has his own business, Assorted Bits. He transitioned to smaller technology startups, like OkCupid and Dropbox after he graduated. During his time as a student at MIT, Aston interned at Xerox, Microsoft, and Google.
Whether you’re a Computer Science major or not, his tips from what classes to take to what ice cream to eat can teach you a thing or two. On Wednesday, December 4th, InternMatch hosted a Google Hangout with Aston Motes, the first engineer at Dropbox.
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