Sustainability Starts Early: Creating a Great Ops Internship
summary
Intern programs focus on concrete deliverables: realistic projects, good docs, frequent feedback and mentorship. Examples include 12–16 weeks internships that produce outcomes like reduced deploy time 12→3 minutes, moved deployment to kubernetes or implemented pixie booting for racks. Mentors prepare projects scoped to the term, do daily check-ins and weekly one‑on‑ones, onboard logistics and permissions, treat interns as full team members, pivot scope when needed, and advocate in final reviews so work stays used and not discarded.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:24A Professional Intern
- 2:07Retention
- 3:32Livin' The Life
- 5:14Talk to your intern
- 7:19Are you ready for an intern?
- 8:47Designing a good project
- 10:10Set them up for success
- 11:27Treat them like full-times
- 13:37Expectations and feedback
- 16:09My intern is sad, what can I do?
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