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title: "Hack Your Summer: A Rapid Project Sprint for Students Facing Internship Crisis"
source: "Simon Willison 博客（Atom）"
source_tier: "t2"
url: "https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/28/hack-your-summer/#atom-everything"
permalink: "https://feed.astralor.com/items/itm_9a0c191299e4299c1adfea45"
published: "2026-06-28T19:26:11.000Z"
score: 58
channel: "tech"
tags: ["Hack Your Summer","internship crisis","project sprint"]
---

# Hack Your Summer: A Rapid Project Sprint for Students Facing Internship Crisis

## At a glance

Hack Your Summer is a 4-week high-velocity production sprint initiated by DJ Patil for undergraduate, graduate, and recent graduates. It helps participants identify a project, make steady progress, get mentor support, and create tangible public-facing work for future employers. The initiative partly addresses the internship crisis in US colleges, where available internships have sharply declined. A free second cohort starts July 13, with applications due July 8; volunteers are also needed as mentors.

## Key points

- A 4-week high-velocity production sprint to help students build tangible work
- Directly addresses the internship crisis in US colleges
- Second free cohort starts July 13, application deadline July 8
- Volunteers needed as mentors to support students

## Full text

Hack Your Summer I learned about this initiative from DJ Patil this morning: It’s a 4-week, high-velocity production sprint for undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent graduates who want to build something real this summer. You’ll learn how to identify a project, make steady progress, get support from mentors and peers, and create tangible, public-facing work you can actually show future employers. Hack Your Summer is partly a reaction to the internship crisis facing US college students this year. There are way fewer available internships than usual, as companies have reduced their hiring ambitions and teams have less capacity to coach interns. Hack Your Summer provides an alternative path for the many students who didn't catch one of those rare internships. A second (free) cohort starts on July 13th, and the deadline for students to apply is July 8th. They're also accepting volunteers to help mentor the students. Tags: careers

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