# Recap: Viam’s first summer intern program

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In the summer of 2022, Viam launched our first official internship program! It was an exciting few months having our 9 interns work on novel robotics problems and integrate into our teams. Before they left, I had the chance to interview some of our interns about their time here this summer.

## **Meet the interns**

- **Evelyn Fu, MIT 2024**

- **Aiden Glickman, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2023**

- **Marco Nocito, MIT, 2024**

- **Martha Johnston, University of Michigan, 2022**

- **Max Horowitz, Cornell, 2023**

- **Olivia Miller, Marquette, 2022**

- **Shreya Kapoor, MIT 2023**

## **Learn about the internship experience at Viam!**

### **Since Viam is such a new company, how did you find out about our internship program?**

**Marco Nocito**: I first heard about Viam through a Handshake posting on my college’s job board.

**Martha Johnston**: I just found the application online while searching for internships.

**Shreya Kapoor**: I heard about Viam through Marco, who is another intern at Viam.

### **And what was the interview process like?**

**Aidan Glickman**: Interviewing at VIAM was super straightforward and not unnecessarily stressful. I heard back pretty quickly after submitting my resume and hopped on an informational call. After that, I had a preliminary technical round, then a final round interview that covered Algorithms, Systems Design, and a conceptual conversation.

### **What did you get to work on this summer?**

**Olivia Miller**: I worked on the developer advocacy team making demo robots for user testing events! My favorite project was a robot that makes chocolate covered strawberries.

**Evelyn Fu**: I worked on the RTK GPS project for the Robotics Development Kit team, where I added the ability to use extra precise RTK GPS in the Robotics Development Kit. I also worked on writing a motion planner for Ackerman steering rovers.

**Max Horowitz**: This summer I worked on Viam’s Data team and was involved in designing Viam’s data upload & sync process between the robot and the cloud.

**Aidan Glickman**: I personally overhauled our systems related to point clouds while working on the computer vision team.

### **How was your mentorship during your internship?**

**Max Horowitz**: Mentorship at Viam has been amazing, and it’s one of the main reasons I want to come back full time.

**Martha Johnston**: Great! My mentor and everyone on my team have been very supportive of my work.

**Shreya Kapoor**: The culture at Viam is built on having a passion for learning, exploring, and asking lots of questions.

### **What was your favorite social activity during your internship?**

**Olivia Miller**: My favorite intern social activity this summer was the NYC pizza tour!

**Aidan Glickman**: My favorite social thing has been engineering show and tell.

### **How does this internship compare to others you have had?**

**Martha Johnston**: I’ve had a lot more freedom to work on the things I want to do.

**Aidan Glickman**: My experience this summer struck the perfect balance between the different aspects of internships.

**Shreya Kapoor**: Personally, I enjoy working at smaller sized startups, so Viam has been a nice internship fit for me.

### **How has working at Viam changed how you think about the potential of robotics?**

**Max Horowitz**: Historically, the robotics industry has been bogged down by high barriers to entry.

**Shreya Kapoor**: This was my first industry experience with robotics.

**Evelyn Fu**: I learned about the problems that could be solved using fleets of robots.

### **Interested in joining Viam’s Internship Program?**

We have opened the Software Engineering intern role for the summer of 2023! Feel free to [apply here](https://grnh.se/c22fc7564us).