Front-End Developer Intern
Department: Web Services
My experience
Overview
So for the most part, you have scrum meetings at least 3 times a week to keep track of who's doing what according to the tickets that come in through Jira. In the beginning, the leaders will assign you tickets, but once you feel comfortable they expect you to be able to assign yourself work. From then on, it's just a race to try to produce the necessary web elements (code them up in HTML & CSS, then publish them on Salesforce) and keep the team Jira board empty (which does not tend to happen, but can). I definitely enjoyed the people I worked with and still continue to talk to some of them to this day. Finally, depending on how well you do, you can really produce banners that appear on the main site's home page or on their best selling products, meaning that your work is front and center of a multi-billion dollar company... as an intern. This is partially because nobody, except those on your team, will know that you are an intern. Oh yeah, the deals you get are pretty sweet and you get a free pair of shoes at the beginning, but trust me with the discount you get, you're going to become a sneakerhead without a doubt.
The onboarding process at New Balance can be annoyingly long. If you get the internship I would either a) ask to shadow someone the entire time or b) be a self-starter and create your own project in the meantime that involves New Balance in some way.
Would recommend it to people who...
want to get into the WebDev space and need an introduction to it. You need to know at least some HTML & CSS coming in, but you will be a pro by the time you go out.
Would NOT recommend it to people who...
are well equipped in WebDev or already know HTML and CSS really really well.
Impact of work
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Time spent working
Interview advice
Advice on how to prepare
They won't be too technical with you, they're more curious to hear about what you have learned and accomplished. Your best asset will be showing enthusiasm for what you do!
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