--- title: How to Network at Your Internship (Without Feeling Fake... description: An internship-series installment lays out four habits interns can build to turn themselves into memorable, trusted team members rather than just resume lines:... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-network-at-your-internship-without-feeling-fake-about-it--6wyw8rtoj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Network at Your Internship (Without Feeling Fake About It) | daily.dev og:description: An internship-series installment lays out four habits interns can build to turn themselves into memorable, trusted team members rather than just resume lines:... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-network-at-your-internship-without-feeling-fake-about-it--6wyw8rtoj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6wYw8rtoJ.png og:image:alt: How to Network at Your Internship (Without Feeling Fake About It) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Network at Your Internship (Without Feeling Fake About It) **[Code Like A Girl](https://daily.dev/sources/colkgirl)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An internship-series installment lays out four habits interns can build to turn themselves into memorable, trusted team members rather than just resume lines: helping colleagues outside their own scope, attending optional social events, asking curious questions about coworkers' career paths, and staying in touch after the internship ends. The core argument is that hiring decisions favor trust and recency over raw competence, so relationship-building during an internship is presented as a high-leverage activity worth deliberate effort. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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