by, for, and about women in science, technology, engineering, & math

Hey everyone,

First time posting!

I thought I would extend some internship opportunities to students who are on Stemming.

My company, Luvn’ Local, is designing a new loyalty platform for local business communities.

We’re looking for students interested in honing their mobile application development skills. If anyone is interested or knows people who might be, shoot me an e-mail at monil@luvnlocal.com

Cheers!

My advice to anyone who wants to get a job in pharmaceutical research is to get experience in school. Do a co-op or an internship! Or work in one of your professor’s labs. In 2006, when I graduated it was tough to get a job. I can’t imagine how hard it is now. But the one thing they look for is EXPERIENCE. Something, anything. Yes, we all took classes that has some experience but it’s not applied experience. Lab experience is what they are looking for.

I know a few friends who didn’t want to delay their graduation because of taking a semester off to do a co-op. Some of them are having trouble finding a job. I think it is totally worth it. Also, mine was a paid co-op. Awesome!!

For those of you who are out of school and can’t get that experience. I would try to get a temp job at a pharmaceutical company. Yes, it’s not secure but you are at least getting experience. 3 months or 6 months is still something. I know a few friends who actually got hired full time after their temp position was up. I also know some friends who had a temp position for almost 2 years because they kept renewing the position.

The ACM’s Dot Diva initiative is seeking technical women in their 20s to profile on their site in order to inspire high school girls. (And while we’re on the topic of profile of technical women, don’t forget that Stemming wants to post a profile of you too for next month’s Ada Lovelace Day.)

In San Francisco, Sarah Allen has an internship opportunity for a new Rubyist.

Also in San Francisco, featuring Sarah Allen (and Sarah Mei), and Ruby-related: the San Francisco Ruby on Rails Outreach Workshop for Women is back next weekend! There are only a few spots left, so sign up now if you’re interested. I was a TA at the Boston version of this last fall, and I cannot recommend the workshop highly enough — it’s free, completely newbie-friendly (whether you’re totally new to programming or just new to Ruby), childcare is available, everyone is nice and friendly, and it’s overall a super-fun way to get started with Ruby and meet some great people.