Summer Internship Class of 2012

Summer Internship Class of 2012 Summer Internship Class of 2012Were really excited to welcome ur interns onto our team for the summer Before running off to play FIFA in the game room, we sat each of them down for a quick QA quizzing them about everything from food trucks and their personal goals to how/why they chose a summer job at WayUp. We only accept awesome interns and this group is no exception Read along to discover how Sara found her passion from a Little Debbie cupcake and Will found his in a tent underneath the stars.Alex Software Development InternSchool University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMajor/Concentration/Minor Computer ScienceCampus Involvement Im involved with a few organizations at UIUCGraduation Year University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignWhy did you choose this internship I knew about it from a friend working here now and applied because I wanted to be in the westindischer lorbeer Area and work for a startup where I would be surrounded with fun people and do actually interesting development work.I knew that I welches passionate aboutProgramming when my dad walked me through the development of a tic-tac-toe game in C++ and I actually understood the code that looked like gibberish to me beforehand. That year I ended up building a few more simple games like that on my own.Personal goal for the end of this internship to be fluent in Ruby on Rails because its extremely useful for web programming and whether I end up here or at another company after graduation, theres a good chance that they will be using RoR as well.Piece of advice that youre glad you did/didnt take (Did) My grandfathers advice that overworking yourself wont make you more successful or happier.(Didnt)Friends advice to choose the fruchtwein profitable career path.The brde popsong you listened to Hillbilly Man by GorillazThree things that inspire you My parents, Elon Muskand his fictional counterpart Tony Stark, and all types of music.Is the glass half empty or half ful l Half full, theres too much to look forward to for me to be a pessimist.If you owned a food truck, you would sell Tacos, coffee, pizza, hot dogs, ice cream, Chinese food, Russian dumplings, macaroni, Kool-Aid and squirt guns during the summer.Sara Marketing InternSchool UNC Chapel HillMajor/Concentration/Minor Advertising, EntrepreneurshipCampus Involvement UNC Entrepreneurship, Persian Cultural SocietyGraduation Year 2013Why did you choose this internship From the first time I used WayUp last Fall, I noticed its unique position not only as a source for amazing internships, but as an educational tool for mastering the entire internship process searching, interviewing, finding housing and beyond. It became my go-to for anything internship-related and as I searched for my own internship in an entrepreneurial field, I realized there was nothing more that I wanted other than to join the WayUp team itself and expand the brand name so everyone can witness their amazing work as a start- up. Not to mention, theres a FIFA room in the office and no dress codeI knew that I was passionate about Marketingwhen I was in elementary school. I used to buy Little Debbie cakes, re-package them in paper lunch bags, draw a new brand logo for them in purple pen, and sell them in my neighborhood. Operation Swirlz Bakery was born. Since then, my love for brand marketing has done nothing but grow. After being accepted into the Entrepreneurship program at UNC last year, my passion geared exclusively toward strategic brand development for startups.Personal goal for the end of this internship Connect interns like never before by organizing super fun events as part of our SF Summer Intern Program and encouraging interns to write about their focus.Piece of advice that youre glad you did/ didnt take Glad I took Go to the Mission District. Get a pastry to-go from Tartine Bakery and eat it on a hill in Dolores Park. (If only I could do this every morning)Glad I didnt take Dont live in Berkel ey, its too far from the city. (Livin in Berkeley and lovin it)The last song you listened to White by Frank OceanThree things that inspire you The view from an airplane window, A butt-kicking workout, Beyonce