How to Get Internship in Software Companies
by Abhishek
Computer Science students studying in most Indian Engineering Colleges have to do a project in their last semester. It should be a full time project of around 4 months and students have to do it in some software company. It is also called final semester project or industrial training etc etc.
In short they have to build something real in those 4 months for that company. We get lot of requests, inquiries, and sometimes orders to give training to students who come via various references such as relatives, friends, associates, and gov. officials. Unfortunately being a small company we can not accommodate all such students and give them training in our company premises. Space is a major and genuine constraint. So we prefer to give them a project which they can do at home. They can come biweekly to take guidance from our developers if required. But mostly no one comes. They generally come for the first time to take the “Project confirmation letter” and at the end to take the “Project completion letter”! Now I pity such students and such colleges. Colleges know that there are not enough companies which can give trainings in their premises still they force students to find such companies. Clueless students go around searching for companies on their own and with the help of their parents, relatives. And that is where this vicious cycle of “Pulling the strings” starts. But this is how Indian Society Works! By pulling strings. Right from your kids’ admission to school to getting a job, every time you have to pull strings. It is really unfortunate. I am not here to solve this whole problem so I will stick to the college internship part for this post. I blame engineering colleges completely and students partially for this whole “Pulling the strings to get project” problem. So “What is the right way to get internship?” Yesterday I met a very promising young engineering student who just completed his 5th Semester. That means he still has 6th, 7th and 8th semester to complete. Project is generally to be done in 8th Semester. He asked me if I can give him training (internship) in Digicorp. He has a full day college and still he can manage few hours a day for that. I was more than happy to provide him a PC in my company and give him a project. Why? Because he has earned it. He is in 5th semester which means he hardly knows anything about computer science or programming languages till now. Well as per the Indian colleges and students standards I mean. Still he has managed to create a website (including shopping cart features) for a local book merchant. He has made it online too which is a real deal. Why? 99% of Indian Engineering students do not know anything about FTP till they graduate from computer science, forget about making something real and putting it up on the internet. This guy is in 5th Semester and he has something online already. A great achievement according to me. So what if he has taken help from his seniors or some professionals. He reads blogs, he is on twitter and follows the right people. This is again something not very common amongst rest of the students. So I will give him additional points for that. He has been communicating with me on Twitter and Facebook for around 6 months. So I already knew him. Yesterday he asked me on twitter if I can meet him as his exams got over. He came, told me his story and asked me if he can get the internship at my company. Do you see difference in the pattern here? One guy who does not need to do any project to show in college is looking for internship. He has build something real already. On the other side there are thousands of students who have done nothing till their 7th Semester. And now they are looking for projects in companies through references. Please take note that I also come in the later segment. And I really repent that and it is the reason why I am so keen on showing the right way. Guys come on, get up and start doing something real now. Your work will speak forever, references may not always. Show something real, something you have built in college to companies while asking for projects. If there are sincere efforts behind the work, I bet they won’t think twice to give you a project or even in hiring you. All the best.
Really great thought sir..i’v never thik about it..very nice sir..
You are right sir…..
Hi Abhishek,Very True… I appreciate his work, interests and a very right approach…My part of feedback would also be something similar to the moral of your thought that atleast start moving your steps towards the right direction BY YOUR OWN.I would like to suggest guys that there are lots of free time in school as well as college to learning something new, something very innovative. And lastly there would be people to help who are ready to stepup. And yest I dont say that I belong to the first segment but I DONOT belong to the second one too….
Collegians, he is very much right !!
Well, the things written here are true.But as mentioned in above comment, there are those who certainly doesn’t fall in either of the segment you mentioned in your post.
Ya ..Its true … I would advice to students to apply your thoughts and get some real hard work rather than depending on others. Be initiative and achieve excellent results in your life.
Dear Sir, I am R.Deepak doing my 3rd yr Mscse in SKCET. Sir I am looking for an internship for my upcoming semester,Even I have did the projects and which is in working condition. Sir if you have any vacancy plz revert me back as soon as possible…
i am searching for an internship plz tell me the way i will follow
thaks for the information sir…and now i am doing 4-1 semister .i belongs to cse stream i just need some information i am looking for internship to have working experiance in IT companies is it needed any any technical skills and tell me how to get intermship in it companies …i waiting for your response from you sir…
sir,really most of student are facing such problem like me for to search a company for inter ship.for my M.Sc. cs-2 year industrial training .
sir you are helping many students,so please tell me about how to enter into internship as i am a 6th sem student from cs
I need internship..i wish i had read this before..i would have worked over it.. and right now its so difficult to find..
right way to work……..surely helpful….
sir actually am searching peaples like you….in student life motivation is very important but it doesn’t given by anyone it is possible only the persons like u…..am really impressed by ur words……..
am studying 5th sem cse… i hv lot of idea in my mind i need support from u can u help me?? how can i contact u?? plz replay me am waiting for ur response…..thk uu(ph:918722628260)
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nice suggestion…
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hai sir ,
till now what actually an intership i not know by reading ur msg i understood it and i too have an aware to do something innovative.thank you sir
Well said sir . thanks for kind information
sir I want to internships in it company . now I am in 4 sem. I make some project on .net c# like libraray ..and also know php …
sir I so much in treated in programming. . sir plz help me ..
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Sir, Can I have your contact No.
Very nice sir..I loved it .!!I was in a dilemma whether to do the internship or not ..after reading your message I’m wanting to do a internship
Will you plz help me out sir
need 8th sem training in cse
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Hi sir, i interested do this .but give plan suggests me for knowledge i was do works
Sir, i regret why i not look ur website before thank u sir
sir thats very nice.
Dear sir:
I have don BCA and now i want to intership in software company. How i do pls and what is company needs from me?
Sir,i need internship for final semester .I’m in 7th sem computer engineering student .plz help to find companies that provide free internship for final semeter student.
Sir plz reply me fast