I have hired many interns into our company for technical positions as web developers. Those out of their first or second year are typically pretty decent at picking things up and making contributions, but they don't have much experience and it's clearly much more about getting them to come back and giving them a solid foundation. Typically, we are in the $12-15 range for this. After your 3rd or 4th year (GT students will know that they're often looking at a 5th year of school), if you have had some previous experience, you can expect $17-22 easily; this of course is based on how much you can contribute. If you have to have a more experienced dev setup your IDE, and a DBA do all your scripting etc, you are looking at making a lot less. There are some candidates, and we do a lot of hiring out of GT, who will get 25-30/hour, even before they graduate, but the difference between their skillset and a graduate is nil (and sometimes they are better than graduates).
Development is one of those strange fields where formal education often takes a backseat to experience, smarts, and a desire to experiment. If you feel you have a proficiency in a language or area, and you can contribute close to or as much as a full time post-grad hire, negotiate accordingly!
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I have hired many interns into our company for technical positions as web developers. Those out of their first or second year are typically pretty decent at picking things up and making contributions, but they don't have much experience and it's clearly much more about getting them to come back and giving them a solid foundation. Typically, we are in the $12-15 range for this. After your 3rd or 4th year (GT students will know that they're often looking at a 5th year of school), if you have had some previous experience, you can expect $17-22 easily; this of course is based on how much you can contribute. If you have to have a more experienced dev setup your IDE, and a DBA do all your scripting etc, you are looking at making a lot less. There are some candidates, and we do a lot of hiring out of GT, who will get 25-30/hour, even before they graduate, but the difference between their skillset and a graduate is nil (and sometimes they are better than graduates).
Development is one of those strange fields where formal education often takes a backseat to experience, smarts, and a desire to experiment. If you feel you have a proficiency in a language or area, and you can contribute close to or as much as a full time post-grad hire, negotiate accordingly!