# Bitly Summer Intern Wrap 2015

DevFeed: [Bitly Summer Intern Wrap 2015](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/bitly-summer-intern-wrap-2015-19694.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://word.bitly.com/post/127477658281>)

Author: Wordbitly

Published: 2015-08-24T14:00:22Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bitly](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bitly.md>)

Topics: [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [React](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react.md>), [Functional programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/functional-programming.md>), [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [Ember](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ember.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>)

Tags: [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [frontend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontend.md>), [functional-programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/functional-programming.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>)

## AI overview

A Bitly summer intern describes working on the frontend team, creating a JavaScript A/B testing utility, and contributing to the BBT2 product. The article discusses using React, JSX, and Immutable JS, compares React with Ember, and mentions Python and CSS work.

## Source excerpt

We've invited this year's summer interns to share their experiences from working on our engineering team. Our interns worked on the same problems as our full-time engineers and made a difference to our product and business on a massive scale. They also appeared on the Bitly Tech Podcast which you should totally check out! If you have an interest in making a difference on a massive scale then check out our job postings as we are hiring in both Denver and New York City! Nathaniel I'm Nathaniel and I'm writing this a few days before my awesome summer with Bitly comes to an end. I will be returning to Carnegie Mellon to start my 3rd year studying Computer Science but I have to say, I'm going to miss this place. I spent the summer interning with the extremely talented Frontend team here at Bitly. While here I've gotten to create a javascript AB testing utility and contribute to the soon-to-be-released BBT2 product. One of the best parts of working at Bitly was that even as an intern, I felt like I had voice at the company. This was extremely evident with my work on BBT2 where I got to contribute not just code, but also ideas and opinions. Oftentimes you hear stories about how interns get stuck in corners to work on projects that never get to see the light of day. Bitly does the exact opposite. We were given seats amongst everyone else, we were given projects that will actually affect the direction and success of the company, we got to (and were encouraged to) attend all meetings, and most importantly, we were made to feel like members of the team. I also learned a ton this summer. The new BBT2 product is being built in React JS with the help of Immutable JS. I've gotten to fully immerse myself in these tools and I've fallen in love with them. Being a TA for a functional programming class, Immutable JS brings me as close as a javascript framework could to the Eden that is functional programming. Then React combined with JSX helped us write very clean and modular code, som