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Apprentices (internships)

Apprentices at Atomic work on real projects. We expect apprentices to be hardworking, self-motivated, creative, and willing and able to learn. We invest heavily in the development and growth of our apprentices. In return we require that apprentices commit to full-time schedules during their internship period. These blog posts can help you learn more about the program:

• Read here to see why you should be interested
• Atomic Object Internships describes a little about our apprentice program.
• Carl’s cool post contains some insight, history and stats

Here’s how to apply for an apprenticeship:

1. Pick one question from the list below. Compose a thoughtful response. (We doubt anyone could provide a thoughtful response to these questions in less than a page.) And, yes, spelling, grammar, and punctuation most definitely count.
2. Mail the following to jobs AT atomicobject.com
   • Your contact info
   • Your educational background
   • Interesting things you’ve done or are particularly proud of
   • Your response to one of the questions

You’ll hear a response soon after you contact us. If we are delighted, intrigued, or otherwise impressed with your submissions, we’ll go from there.

Pick a question:

1. Discuss a situation where you were given too much to do, in too short of a time frame. How did you organize your work? What kind of work habits did you adopt? How did you manage the expectations of others?
2. Recount a time when you realized a closely held belief on how to approach your work was wrong. How did you respond?
3. What is the most difficult aspect of creating software products? What is the best way to address this reality of product development?
4. Tell us about a situation where you tried to change an organization or introduce an innovation. This doesn’t have to be a situation where you necessarily succeeded.