Last year, we announced Reddit’s first-ever internship program, which we refer to as the Galactic Reddit Academy. We may have been over-enthusiastic announcing this to millions of Redditors, but after reviewing thousands of resumes we were able to narrow it down to the seven interns who would make up our first program. A year later, we’re excited to announce that it was a success and we’re doing it again! This time we’re going twice as big and expanding our program to include internships in Software Engineering, Design and Product Management.

So why should you apply to become an intern at Reddit? Uh, because it’s an awesome, one-of-a-kind experience at a time when our globally-trafficked website is growing faster than ever before, but don’t take our word for it. Check out what some of this year’s inaugural class of interns had to say about the program:

“I was really looking for an internship where I could make a real impact at the company and I think this project was exactly that. Additionally, I really enjoyed the vibe and sense of community here, which made it so easy to engage with and get to know anyone and everyone here at Reddit.” –– Ads intern.

The interns with spez. The interns with spez.

Driving impact

Highlights from the internship program include a project focusing on building and releasing a new user-facing feature, mapping out the Snooniverse and creating a tool that’ll make our site less likely to crash, to name a few. Our interns also got the opportunity to make an impact on our community IRL, volunteering with local homeless aid group Simply the Basics.

Learnings & advice

We asked our interns what they wish they had known from the start and advice for potential 2019 interns. Here’s what they had to say:

“I wish I had been less scared to branch out! I wish I had set up more coffee chats and lunches during my time here because everyone is so cool.” –– Creators intern

“Don’t be afraid to ask questions, even if you feel like you’ve already asked the question before! It’s important to make sure you ask all the questions you have so that you get the most out of your internship and don’t do work that has already been done or spend time debugging things that someone with more experience than you would have solved right away.” –– Relevance intern

“Ask questions! Talk to everyone! Everyone is lovely and willing to engage with you, they’re very happy you’re here! Take the opportunity to meet interesting people and get some advice in return! Learn everything!” –– Ads intern

“I wish I had been more comfortable asking for help sooner. I was shy about not wanting to bother people at first. People were very welcoming so it wasn’t a bad environment or anything, I was just shy and it took a few weeks to get over it.” –– Infrastructure intern

Join the Galactic Reddit Academy

Interested in becoming a part of the second-ever intern class at Reddit? Check out our open positions, now live on our careers page.