# The Internship: JavaScript from the Bottom Up
Published: 2015-10-26
Category: Working at CodeHS
Category URL: https://codehs.com/blog/category/working-at-codehs
URL: https://codehs.com/blog/the-internship-javascript-from-the-bottom-up-381cc8c7aa8b

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### The Internship: JavaScript from the Bottom Up

#### _By Andy Bayer, Northwestern_

**_We asked our summer interns to describe their experience working at CodeHS. This three post mini series will explore their real thoughts about what it was like to read, write & code._**

CodeHS exceeded my expectations for an internship in every way. From the time I started working I was given projects that would make a real difference to teachers and students. I can open the site and see the features and changes I implemented over the summer, something my friends who worked at larger companies can’t do.

I learned more about web development in the 3 months I spent at CodeHS than I had in my first two years of college. I had the chance to learn JavaScript from the bottom up, both from working on the site and from conversations with other interns and coworkers. I also got to write a [blog post](https://medium.com/codehs-engineering-blog/migrating-to-many-to-many-with-through-in-django-1-6-with-south-899b09e5caf7) about one of the fun problems I solved over the summer.

CodeHS was a small enough team that I had the chance to grab coffee with all of my coworkers. Everyone I worked with was as excited as I was about teaching computer science and I could feel that excitement every day.

I can’t recommend CodeHS highly enough to anyone considering working there. Do what I did and apply to be an intern, or become a tutor and help to teach students hands on. Either way, you’ll be part of a team doing something that really matters for a lot of students.

_About the Author:_

_Andy Bayer is a senior at Northwestern University in Chicago majoring in Computer Science and Oboe Performance. His hobbies include running and playing the oboe. His preferred language to code in is Python._

![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm264m3an0084qegvyd7aetst/images/1ahgeesv3734wwutwfrq5lg-1728944002065-compressed.gif)Celebrating my birthday!

![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm264m3an0084qegvyd7aetst/images/1dauptazd9pupclyngxoqcq-1728944010104-compressed.jpeg)Coding away and having some Blue Bottle Coffee!


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