{"id":2615,"date":"2014-09-22T22:53:05","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T02:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=2615"},"modified":"2014-11-10T15:18:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T19:18:43","slug":"what-national-university-of-singapore-doesnt-teach-about-getting-an-internship-in-silicon-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/what-national-university-of-singapore-doesnt-teach-about-getting-an-internship-in-silicon-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"What National University of Singapore Doesn&#8217;t Teach About Getting an Internship in Silicon Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s internship series at Stanford was called &#8220;How to Get Three Legendary Internships in a Row&#8221;. As CEO of Duck9, he encourages college student <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101secrets.com\/general-population-credit-knowledge.htm\" target=\"_blank\">entrepreneurs at Stanford and beyond to get a FICO<\/a> over 740 so we can all self-fund. After a Harvard Law School keynote, Harvard Business wrote: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harbus.org\/2009\/What-They-Dont-Teach-4531\/\" target=\"_blank\">What They Don\u2019t Teach You at Stanford Business School<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 155px;\" width=\"156\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLF8p6dOYbVkwnyIOreOUGkPivgl0ldTJh?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"260\" height=\"183\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\nPaid internships sometimes pay millions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">Palo Alto, CALIFORNIA<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">By Larry Chiang\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">Silicon Valley isn&#8217;t that competitive. If you studied engineering and get street smarts, you will find yourself doing very well. Tom Kosnik stresses street smarts in the class, #ENGR145<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Yes be entrepreneurial in how you seek out an engineering internship.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/3411684931\/bd26194fa93733b624ec22966dbdb9d9_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/513064981038776320\">9\/19\/14, 1:39 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Intern start up here<br \/>\nSingaporean students,<br \/>\nPart I: &#8220;Be Entrepreneurial In Your Search and Acquisition of an Internship&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><br style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\" \/><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">There are a series of videos @YouTube\/Larry Chiang\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\" \/>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IRHJSgVC1gs&amp;t=26m50s<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IRHJSgVC1gs\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/3411684931\/bd26194fa93733b624ec22966dbdb9d9_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/513063553012477952\">9\/19\/14, 1:34 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Internships<br \/>\nSingaporean students!<br \/>\nPart II: Get a USA based cell number that you can call from and receive.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#noSkpye\">#noSkpye<\/a><br \/>\n2a\/ Ask for pay.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/3411684931\/bd26194fa93733b624ec22966dbdb9d9_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/513062475722276864\">9\/19\/14, 1:30 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Internship<br \/>\nTips for Singaporean students<br \/>\nPart III: Load up a SlideShare preso (remember, as an engineer your work isn&#8217;t perfect. It&#8217;s done<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/3411684931\/bd26194fa93733b624ec22966dbdb9d9_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/513058541767122944\">9\/19\/14, 1:14 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Internship Sequence for Singaporean students<br \/>\nPart IV(4): Execute\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#LTMVTA\">#LTMVTA<\/a><br \/>\nPart V: set up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#MVBP\">#MVBP<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">Yes\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/3411684931\/bd26194fa93733b624ec22966dbdb9d9_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/513056783628107776\">9\/19\/14, 1:07 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Internships<br \/>\nSteps for Singaporean students<br \/>\nPart VI (6): No Premature Friend-i-fication on social media<br \/>\nPart VII: Lever the NUS Tech Tour<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">By Larry Chiang<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/3411684931\/bd26194fa93733b624ec22966dbdb9d9_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/513056209029459968\">9\/19\/14, 1:05 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Internships<br \/>\nSpecific tips for Singaporean students<br \/>\nPart VIII:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#Internapoloza\">#Internapoloza<\/a><br \/>\nPart IX: Summer-2015-to-Summer-2016<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Recruiting advice no one gives you<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/3411684931\/bd26194fa93733b624ec22966dbdb9d9_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/513369934693662720\">9\/20\/14, 9:51 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>10 of 9 <a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#Internships\">#Internships<\/a>\u00a0READ<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LEfhC03MDa\">medium.com\/@drogier\/recru\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Email me what you execute. If you have questions, google the answer or email me if you don&#8217;t google 5-17 word phrases<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>ENGR145&#8217;s two anchor videos move\u00a0you to the right on the entrepreneur bell curve<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/buster14512v\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/buster14512v<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">Is a bit ly I memorized that links to<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eudADPfTWiE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n5jB310egEI&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n5jB310egEI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BMyLcDaWazU&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BMyLcDaWazU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>CEO of Duck9<\/div>\n<div>Stanford University&#8217;s Founding EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Duck9 = Deep Underground Credit Knowledge 9<\/div>\n<div>c\/o UCMS Inc<\/div>\n<div>2021 Midwest Road \/ 3rd FL<\/div>\n<div>Oak Brook IL<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass\">https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass<\/a><\/div>\n<div>630-705-5555<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>650-283-8008 (cell)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>****************<\/div>\n<div>Founder of &#8220;What They Don&#8217;t Teach at Business School&#8221;\u00a0for CNN iReport: <a href=\"https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang\">https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QXIaNZi3mHQ\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QXIaNZi3mHQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Author, NY Times Bestseller<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller\">https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School about EUTWMPPM @SXSW&#8221; comes out 11-11-14<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049\">https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>52 Cards. Two Jokers. What They DO Teach You at Stanford Engineering<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vDBY0GkI3-g&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/vDBY0GkI3-g&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Emergency swings and cutting deals as an 9 year old<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OFGY7v9C4G0&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OFGY7v9C4G0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s internship series at Stanford was called &#8220;How to Get Three Legendary Internships in a Row&#8221;. As CEO of Duck9, he encourages college student entrepreneurs at Stanford and beyond to get a FICO over 740 so we can all self-fund. After a Harvard Law School keynote, Harvard Business wrote: \u201cWhat They Don\u2019t Teach You [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internships"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}