We dumped a ton and a half of sand in one corner. It s a good lesson in how work is life and life is work in the new economy. Flyswat, which created a way to provide supplemental links to Web pages, isn t like just any college. It s like MIT, which is where many of the full-timers and six of the eight interns studied. But, of course, the work comes first at these high-tech training grounds.
People work hard, play hard and dress down.
I haven t put on socks since, he says. Tone wants to be a newspaper writer, but isn t sure he could do that and afford to stay in Silicon Valley. Yes, a summer off is too long here. Things change that quickly. Companies see interns as an extension of branding and recruiting.