An Internship at Warp Speed

Varun, a rising senior at the University of Michigan, shares his experience as an intern at Warp, a terminal-based startup. He highlights how he leveled up as an engineer during his 12-week internship and made significant progress on his goals. Varun discusses his decision to join Warp, which was driven by its unique business case, experienced team, and mission to improve the terminal experience. Throughout his internship, Varun led several features, including Launch Configurations, which allows users to save a configuration of windows, tabs, and panes for easy access later. He also worked on improving the command palette feature in Warp. Varun shares three key learnings from his experience at Warp: the importance of balancing parallel projects, understanding that experienced engineers value work-life balance, and the benefits of centralizing tasks to improve collaboration and handoffs. Overall, Varun enjoyed building for developers and plans to continue doing so in the future.