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UNIX Internship Programs?

Posted by Cliff on from the getting-experience-while-still-in-school dept.

startingInUnix asks: "I went to my college career fair today looking for a summer internships. Alot of the companies there (and on the web) that have internships are mostly Microsoft camps. I'm having trouble finding any place that offers UNIX positions. Does anyone out there have a business that looks for UNIX interns?"

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  1. Look for UNIX developers by Durinia · · Score: 5
    If you want to work in UNIX (good for you!), you should start by looking at companies that design the UNIXES themselves. Many times, these companies also develop their own in-house software to make their platform more popular. For example, I interned at SGI for a summer in one of their applications groups, and thats where I got most of my UNIX knowledge. You might also be able to get in on the actual development of the OS itself if you're interested in that. Other candidates are obviously Sun and HP (who is doing some Linux dev as well).

    Just make sure you know your C really well, and you should have a good chance - these places hire an awful lot of interns...

  2. Just a thought by tetrad · · Score: 5
    I'm very sympathetic to your struggle. There must be only a few ten thousands of companies that use some flavor of Unix today... and what a mighty, mighty challenge it must be, figuring out which companies.

    Here's a wacky idea: try going to hotjobs.com|monster.com, and search for jobs containing the words "unix" and "intern". Just a thought. Or here's a more complicated idea: search for jobs that contain the word "unix" and then contact those company's hr depts about possible internships. If you have trouble with either idea, just feel free to ask slashdot again.