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Benjamin Kesslen enjoying the art of Skmming

"This is the life of a startup intern. Working for a company with nine employees that has enough work for 30 means you wear more than the “coffee and lunch fetcher” hat. You are constantly pushed beyond your comfort zone and learn how to respond when in over your head. And while I gladly did my fair share of “intern-y” things, such as trips to the post office, Duane Read runs, fixing the printer, etc., I was also given real tasks and I definitely felt accountable knowing that if I underperformed, it would be visible in such a leanly staffed company and could have a real impact. The work was challenging, sometimes frustrating and always rewarding. I learned some valuable life lessons.

Getting the internship at theSkimm – even though it was unpaid – was no cakewalk. TheSkimm is flooded with applications from people much older and more experienced than me."