Build In Public

It’s not enough to quietly ship code during your internship—sharing your progress publicly is a key strategy for visibility and success. Here are the core points from the lesson:

• By default, no one except your mentor may know what you’re working on, so it’s your job to build in public and generate awareness
• Visibility leads to stronger relationships, more feedback, and more people who can advocate for you when return offer decisions are made
• Intern projects often aren’t on the critical path, making it even more important to market your work through demos, updates, and conversations
• Reusing assets like screenshots or videos from your pull requests is a great way to showcase progress
• Use team standups, Slack channels, emails, and meetings to share what you’ve built and invite feedback, always including links and tagging collaborators to maximize engagement