Working with an Intern

So for your first task, I would like you to build a simple landing page using our design system. I will share the mockup with you. Sound good?

Great question. Yes, I will share the link to our component library on Storybook. Take an hour to go through it first, then start with the header and hero section.

No rush — take about three days. It is more important to write clean code than to finish fast. And please ask questions whenever you get stuck. That is how you learn.

Let us have a mid-internship check-in. I want to hear how you are feeling about the experience so far, and I also have some feedback for you.

You are doing really well. Your code quality has improved dramatically since week one, and you are picking up our codebase faster than expected. One area to work on is estimating your time better — you tend to underestimate how long tasks will take.

A good rule of thumb is to take your initial estimate and multiply it by 1.5. Also, break tasks into smaller pieces — it is easier to estimate a two-hour subtask than a two-day feature.