Delivery-Date: Wed Oct 28 10:30:42 2009
Message-Id: <200910281743.n9SHhAWw010723@bourbon.usc.edu>
To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu, cs531@merlot.usc.edu, cs558@merlot.usc.edu
Subject: FWD: Internships at Internet Brands, Inc.
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:43:10 -0700
From: Bill Cheng <william@bourbon.usc.edu>

Hi everyone,

I got the following e-mail regarding internship opportunity
at Internet Brands, Inc.  I'm in no way affiliated with them
and I'm not familiar with them.  So, please do not ask me
about them.  If you are interested, please read on.
--
Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu <URL:http://merlot.usc.edu/william/usc/>


  -----Original Message-----
  Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:37:06 -0700
  From: "Johnson, Justin" <JJohnson@carsdirect.com>
  To: "bill.cheng@usc.edu" <chengw@usc.edu>
  Subject: Internships at Internet Brands, Inc.

  Dear William Cheng,
  
  I'm the Chief Technology Officer at Internet Brands, Inc., a local Internet company based in El Segundo.  I may have written to you in previous semesters, but I'm reaching out again with the hope that you will refer your best Computer Science students to our paid internship program.
  
  Internet Brands is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: INET) that operates a diverse range of social networking, community, wiki and ecommerce internet businesses -- from CarsDirect.com to WikiTravel.org. Our sites generate over 650 million page views each month, and reach an audience of over 45 million people. A partial list of our sites can be found at: http://www.internetbrands.com/
  
  Interning at Internet Brands would be a unique opportunity for your students: our interns write code that is seen by millions of people. While doing project based development work, interns will be exposed to agile-style methodologies, and moreover, interns get exposure to working in professional teams including business partners, project managers, QA engineers and technical mentors - actual work experience that will help prepare them for full time careers after school.
  
  Our program is competitive, and is open only to students enrolled in BS, MS and PhD programs. We have a limited number of positions, and we evaluate intern candidates against several criteria including: knowledge of computer science fundamental principals; analytical ability; communication skills; and eagerness to learn and grow in a professional setting. We have created this internship program specifically for students like yours: we hope that by working with talented local students that we might be able to offer our interns full-time employment after graduation.
  
  
  Please refer candidates that you feel would be a good fit for this program directly to Justin Johnson by email at: justin.johnson@internetbrands.com<mailto:justin.johnson@internetbrands.com>
  
  Thank you, and I'm looking forward to working with your students!
  
  -Joe
  
  Joe Rosenblum
  CTO, Internet Brands, Inc.
  
  www.internetbrands.com<http://www.internetbrands.com>