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[quote=Anonymous]Our rising HS Junior had a paid, summer internship with a local government. While it was “grunt” work (mostly putting as-built info into a spreadsheet for review by a staff engineer before being uploaded to GIS), DC was allowed to observe staff and project review meetings and went on a few “field” trips to other departments. It really gave a great overview of local government functions and DC learned a lot. DC has also already been asked to reapply next year.

So, “research”? No. But a good win-win for all involved and will definitely go on DC’s resume/application.

On the other side, at my work, we have also had one HS summer intern who did some slick coding that vastly sped up a tedious process and is still in production today. Most of our other summer interns have been college kids and we’ve been pleased with their work too. The real key is having a staffer with the proper teaching/mentoring mindset and an ideal project for them to work on (short in duration, easy/moderate in complexity). Only one has been a “family” connection; the others were advertised for.[/quote]

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