The document summarizes the author's experiences interning at SlideShare over the summer. Some key points: - The author interned as a software engineer from May-July 2011, working primarily on Ruby on Rails projects. - They helped improve SlideShare's administrator panel by porting features from an older system. This required learning new skills like Ruby, Rails, jQuery, Git, writing tests and deploying code. - The author found the work challenging but was supported by a buddy and team. They gained valuable experience contributing to open source projects. - Overall, the internship provided lessons in coding, deploying software, handling crises, and exposure to different companies and