Starting a company with internships - Testing the idea

coder101

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    Hi all,
    Just need to know the opinion on this.

    I am a SSE with over 7yrs experience and I have several products that I need to build.
    I tried working with few freelancers ( with about 2yrs experience ) and that didnt work well.
    Basically they charged big money for a shitty code generated with Ai. And never delivered on time.
    When I checked and asked about code or logics even they didn't know whats in the code 🙄 + had more issues.

    So I have an idea of recruiting several interns like 2-3 guys and ask them to do the projects under my supervision.
    I ran a small company about 2yrs ago with 3 interns. This is how I did it.
    I am happy to teach them everything I know + I am planning to pay minimum of 30,000 per month and maximum internship period is 6 months and Remote work.
    Since these are my products, I am not planning to put much of pressure on them. Just need around 8Hrs of work on the weekdays. And if they need to go to the university those are excused also.
    And I have more than 100 courses I have purchased from Udemy for me and I give access to those also for them.

    I dont like to keep them more than 6 months as interns even they like to stay. I don't have the budget yet to promote them to ASE and pay at least 50-80K to them.

    So now my question is, is it okay if I ask them to find a company for ASE position after 6 months?
    Then hiring a new batch of interns to continue the projects.
    Or is there any better way of doing this?
     

    san**

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    You are not obligated to offer permanent positions, such as promotion to ASE, to interns. Prepare an agreement clearly stating this, and explain your intentions to them.
     
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    eyes

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    Nowadays, it's hard to find interns with common sense. We can train technical skills, but they need to have basic common sense to continue the work.

    You have to spend 3-4 months training an intern to start developing such a software product. In my point of view, they only have nearly 2 months for product development. If you could interview and hire an ASE level one resource, it would be more productive than these three interns.

    As far as I know, IIT students need to complete an 11-month internship; you can try that as well.
     

    coder101

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    You are not obligated to offer permanent positions, such as promotion to ASE, to interns. Prepare an agreement clearly stating this, and explain your intentions to them.
    This is great. Thanks mchn.

    wada gannawanam unta hodata gewapn
    30,000LKR for internship kiyanne decent amount ekakne bn. Anika man paya 8ta wada kohethma wada ganne na. after 6PM, kisima calls, meetings, emails mukuth na.

    Nowadays, it's hard to find interns with common sense. We can train technical skills, but they need to have basic common sense to continue the work.

    You have to spend 3-4 months training an intern to start developing such a software product. In my point of view, they only have nearly 2 months for product development. If you could interview and hire an ASE level one resource, it would be more productive than these three interns.

    As far as I know, IIT students need to complete an 11-month internship; you can try that as well.
    This is true,
    Recently I recruited 2 SEs + 1 UI/UX guy for my workplace. It was a nightmare finding quality engineers even in that level. Some dev have just wasted 3-4yrs just doing nothing and promoted to ASEs.
    Interview kraddi basics ahan yaddima iwarai. Advance questions ahuwema na godak ungen.

    I got your point mchn. This is true.
    I was thinking to recruit some interns because there are so many looking for internships right now. Thats why. I know I will have to teach them at least 3-4 months before them working on actual products. But I like to do that as an investment for the industry. :)

    I didnt know about this IIT internship requirement, I will check that too.
    I appreciate your inputs. Thanks :)
     

    StealthySeeker

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    Mekai seen eka, oke intern eka complete karana eka uni walin approve karaida, oyata reg karannwath wei
     

    handley

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    Lame ass wanna be founder , Yako company eka success unoth un tiyagannawath adahasak ne internship walinma run karanna hadanne 🤣
     

    තොත්ත බබා

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    This is great. Thanks mchn.


    30,000LKR for internship kiyanne decent amount ekakne bn. Anika man paya 8ta wada kohethma wada ganne na. after 6PM, kisima calls, meetings, emails mukuth na.


    This is true,
    Recently I recruited 2 SEs + 1 UI/UX guy for my workplace. It was a nightmare finding quality engineers even in that level. Some dev have just wasted 3-4yrs just doing nothing and promoted to ASEs.
    Interview kraddi basics ahan yaddima iwarai. Advance questions ahuwema na godak ungen.

    I got your point mchn. This is true.
    I was thinking to recruit some interns because there are so many looking for internships right now. Thats why. I know I will have to teach them at least 3-4 months before them working on actual products. But I like to do that as an investment for the industry. :)

    I didnt know about this IIT internship requirement, I will check that too.
    I appreciate your inputs. Thanks :)

    what are you talking man
    are you building a business or running a charity
    im not clear what u r business model here ,
    these products you refer are those generating profits ?
    having many interns will drain u r energy and time on them, the time you have to build u r products, u r business,
    I know a company, running by a seniour tech person, with 2 interns ,
    dont get too many interns , single seniour prson can not mentor more than 2 , if u do it properly,
     
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    Gwynbleidd

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    මරු කතරට දිය පොදක් සේ Intern නැති මේ ශුෂ්ක අවදියේ ඔබතුමා internship ලබා දීම අගය කරමි.

    Intern ගෙන් වැඩක් ගන්න නන් අවුරුද්දක් වත් තියාගන්න ඕනේ කියලා තමා ඉස්සර අපි ඉද්දී අපිව mentor කරපු ආකි අයියා කිවේ. මාස 6න් හරෙන්නවත් බෑ කියලා.
     

    SK29

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    මරු කතරට දිය පොදක් සේ Intern නැති මේ ශුෂ්ක අවදියේ ඔබතුමා internship ලබා දීම අගය කරමි.
    :yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes:

    after 6PM, kisima calls, meetings, emails mukuth na.
    Unbelievable!!!

    mehema IT company thiyenawada?
    mehema IT company duwanna puluwanda?
    :D:D:D:D
    Anyway I know few guys looking for SE opportunities/internships. Do you mind sharing their CVs with you?
    ------ Post added on Jun 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
     

    eyes

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    Oyata machan prashne wenne oyage company eka populer ekak nowena eka thama(oya danata dala tiyana details ekka mata tiyana idea eka), nathnam oya pay karanna plan karana ganata oyata hoda intern kenek hoya ganna bari wenne naha, mama dannama ruhune engineering faculty eke computer engineering karana, wadak karanna puluwan level eke ayath 10k walata intern gatte, eketh thama intern nathi aya innawa kiwa, godak place wala keeyakwath pay karanne naha dan internlata.

    Intern kenek widiyata baluwoth mama unath wadiyen gewanawa kiwath 6 months internship ekak karanna reputed place ekakata yana eka balanawa wadiyen payment ekak hamuwena ekata wada, eka next job eka ganna interview yaddi watina nisa.

    Industry ekata oya karanna hadanne hoda deyak, interview karaddi igena ganna uwamanawa tiyana aya balala chance eka denna, common sense tiyanawada balanna :) , prashnayak hariyata communicate karanna puluwanda balanna, time manage karaganna eka gana idea ekak tiyanawada balanna, anith ewa nam ithin training ekakin hadanna puluwan
     

    coder101

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    Mekai seen eka, oke intern eka complete karana eka uni walin approve karaida, oyata reg karannwath wei
    Company already registered in Sri Lanka and Registering as an LLC in US

    Lame ass wanna be founder , Yako company eka success unoth un tiyagannawath adahasak ne internship walinma run karanna hadanne 🤣
    Product ekak hadala eken immediately income enne nane bn. Ehemai kiyala intern ayage time eka waste kranna man kamathi na adu padiyata. Ekai ehema baluwe.
    what are you talking man
    are you building a business or running a charity
    im not clear what u r business model here ,
    these products you refer are those generating profits ?
    having many interns will drain u r energy and time on them, the time you have to build u r products, u r business,
    I know a company, running by a seniour tech person, with 2 interns ,
    dont get too many interns , single seniour prson can not mentor more than 2 , if u do it properly,
    Business model is building nearly around 100 SaaS products within 10years of time.
    Either run them long term or exit by selling with a profit.
    I am hiring 2-3 interns max. I have time to mentor 2 developers mchn. Thats all. I will hire probably 2 interns + 1 UI/UX. Not planning to get more than that.
    I am not working on any client products or these interns will not work on client products which runs in rush. All the products and Ideas are mine.
    I have enough budget to run the company for 1year with interns and I am okay paying for the interns from my pocket until any of the product become succesful and will hire more people based on income.

    මරු කතරට දිය පොදක් සේ Intern නැති මේ ශුෂ්ක අවදියේ ඔබතුමා internship ලබා දීම අගය කරමි.

    Intern ගෙන් වැඩක් ගන්න නන් අවුරුද්දක් වත් තියාගන්න ඕනේ කියලා තමා ඉස්සර අපි ඉද්දී අපිව mentor කරපු ආකි අයියා කිවේ. මාස 6න් හරෙන්නවත් බෑ කියලා.
    Me kathawa attha mchn.
    I will see that.
    :yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes:


    Unbelievable!!!

    mehema IT company thiyenawada?
    mehema IT company duwanna puluwanda?
    :D:D:D:D
    Anyway I know few guys looking for SE opportunities/internships. Do you mind sharing their CVs with you?
    ------ Post added on Jun 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
    Mn ehema company ekaka wada karanne 😀 Lankawe ekak newei. Mta ona me culture eka ekka lankawe ekak hadanna.
    Scene eka mekai bn, godak company kranne client projects krana eka. Client projects kraddi itin clientge deadline hinda thamai marigena wada kranna wenne.
    Man recommend kranne ona developer kenekta awrudu 5k witara experience complete unata passe hoda product company ekak balala ekata yanna kiyala. ( product company hama ekama hodath na itin )
    Ape company eke tiyenne api e wage rush eke yanawa aluth product ekak launch karanna kalin maasayak 2k hari, eka launch krala first 6 months wage hari wenakal. Oi time frame eke ambanak bug fixing and improvements thamai wenne. etapasse launch unamath customerslage feedback ekka yanawa. After around 6 months product eka stable wenawa godak welawata. etapasse api ganna data points kipayak tiyenawa userslata ona monawada kiyala. ewa base kran saha ape internal planning ekka features introduce kranawa normal pace ekakin. rush eke newei. release a feature -> take feedback -> see how it goes -> plan next wage thamai yanne.
    Anith godak welawata ape kisima rush ekak na, ape inna un krannona wada tika lassanata kran yano.
    Habai ape mehema ekak tiyenawa, samahara aya dawalta poddak gedara dewal walata involve wela ( podi ekawa school eken aran class daana eka wage ewa ) uge task tika poddak delay unoth, uu e tika eda rata karala danawa. Ape tiyenne week ekaka wenna ona wada tika. And team eka 6i inne. All are very honest and everyone has very good communication.
    This team built products valued more than 10M+ USD and sold. Previous company owner was a MF. He wanted to keep only me and one indian guy who did the admin work of the company. Gave me a huge raise. But I didnt like it, I lead the team, but its all team effort. So the whole team exited from that company and built a new startup in the same country and working remotely. That indian MF accepted the offer 😄 This is a very long story short.
    I just love working on small honest teams and building products. That is what I am trying to do here by hiring several interns at the start. :)

    I will let you know if I start this company mchn. I am still thinking on this. 😬
    And I also have more than 50 resumes I got from students, who are looking for internships.

    Oyata machan prashne wenne oyage company eka populer ekak nowena eka thama(oya danata dala tiyana details ekka mata tiyana idea eka), nathnam oya pay karanna plan karana ganata oyata hoda intern kenek hoya ganna bari wenne naha, mama dannama ruhune engineering faculty eke computer engineering karana, wadak karanna puluwan level eke ayath 10k walata intern gatte, eketh thama intern nathi aya innawa kiwa, godak place wala keeyakwath pay karanne naha dan internlata.

    Intern kenek widiyata baluwoth mama unath wadiyen gewanawa kiwath 6 months internship ekak karanna reputed place ekakata yana eka balanawa wadiyen payment ekak hamuwena ekata wada, eka next job eka ganna interview yaddi watina nisa.

    Industry ekata oya karanna hadanne hoda deyak, interview karaddi igena ganna uwamanawa tiyana aya balala chance eka denna, common sense tiyanawada balanna :) , prashnayak hariyata communicate karanna puluwanda balanna, time manage karaganna eka gana idea ekak tiyanawada balanna, anith ewa nam ithin training ekakin hadanna puluwan
    Agreed with you machn.

    Dan oi internship scene eka oitath wada serious mchn.
    There are people running companies who charge students for giving internships. 😑
    And most companies pay the minimum they can.
    There are people in Sri Lanka starting companies just to exploiting interns treating it as cheap labour.
    I know very reputed company in here who is charging the client for SSEs, but the project is done with interns and 1 SSE.
    Oka thamai thathwe mchn.
    Dan me Ai boom ekai lankawe athiwenna internsla inna ekai hinda godak companies internlwa sathekata ganan ganne nathi level ekata awith.
    Oke hit eka enne danma newei, thawa tika kalayak yaddi proper attitude, skills, time management tiyena unwa hoyaganna hena gemak denna wei. Mokada SSE la udin pahath wenne nane. Hoda SSE kenek hadenne hari flow ekaka, hoda environment ekaka gihinne.

    Man hire karaddi aniwaryenma balanne mchn communication, attitude, need to learn and grow mindset eka thamai lokuwatama.
    Anika kelinma test kranne basics. basics tika hariyata nathuwa wadak na.
    Technical skillsnm apita training ekakin hadanna puluwan oya qwa wagema. :)
     

    තොත්ත බබා

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    Business model is building nearly around 100 SaaS products within 10years of time.
    Either run them long term or exit by selling with a profit.
    I am hiring 2-3 interns max. I have time to mentor 2 developers mchn. Thats all. I will hire probably 2 interns + 1 UI/UX. Not planning to get more than that.
    I am not working on any client products or these interns will not work on client products which runs in rush. All the products and Ideas are mine.
    I have enough budget to run the company for 1year with interns and I am okay paying for the interns from my pocket until any of the product become succesful and will hire more people based on income.

    sounds ok machan, take the move,
    will be very difficult to find good interns , there are ,
    there is a sliit guy working with me, delivering SE level output.
    but since not it output is huge , difficult to find good caliber ppl
    good luck