# Mentoring a Code2College Intern in Modern Web Development

DevFeed: [Mentoring a Code2College Intern in Modern Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/mentoring-angela-20363.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://engineering.ziffmedia.com/mentoring-angela-18ac3d6a766f?source=rss----d6bb34696ef5---4>)

Author: Steve Swanson

Published: 2018-10-19T16:43:25Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [RetailMeNot](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/retailmenot.md>)

Topics: [modern web development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/modern-web-development.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>)

Tags: [frontend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontend.md>), [internship](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internship.md>), [internships](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internships.md>), [mentoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mentoring.md>), [mentorship](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mentorship.md>), [modern-web-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/modern-web-development.md>), [organization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organization.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes discovering a lasting interest in teaching and mentoring Angela, a 16-year-old Code2College intern, in modern web development. The article introduces Angela's limited frontend experience, existing Python coursework, and Code2College's role in providing practical technology experience to disadvantaged students.

## Source excerpt

I can't say that I was always fond of teaching. My first introduction to it was also my introduction to presenting. Many years ago, a small company I worked for held an annual conference on how to develop and work on its software platform. Having brought all the staff together, the CEO declared that everyone was expected to present. I still remember the shocked looks of horror on my coworkers' faces, myself included. I wasn't particularly social, and I was perfectly content to have a lovely 1 on 1 relationship with my computer and no one else. Teach? To a crowd? The heck you say. But as the years passed I discovered I really loved teaching. It became something that I incorporated into nearly every job I've had since then. So when Kevin Haggard, the manager of Labs here at RMN, asked me to take on the task of mentoring a bright-eyed 16-year-old Code2College intern in the ways of modern web development, I was genuinely excited. I myself was a new hire, barely a month in, and I was hurriedly getting up to speed on the web technologies the company used. In a way, I think this intern and I were in the same boat. Angela was 16 and had very little experience working with any Frontend technologies aside from Code2College's after-school programs. She wasn't completely new to coding however, as she took classes in Python in high school. I wasn't sure what to expect. Would she be able to pick up enough in one summer for this internship to have mattered? Code2College is a non-profit organization that helps disadvantaged students (based on race, gender or income) break into the tech industry. They get the opportunity to have practical experience working with technical professionals who volunteer their time and knowledge, whether that's afternoon college prep courses, weekend workshops or in this case a summer internship with a company. Matt Stephenson, the founder of Code2College, used a word to describe the young adults who are in his program. Hungry. That word most definitely