How to make the most of your summer in DC - by Jarom Gordon
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Or, how a policy internship becomes a policy job
Editor’s note: Launchpad mostly features expert Q&As, deep dives on federal agencies, and other Serious Policy Content. As an experiment, we let Jarom (a Senior Program Associate at Horizon and recent DC intern) loose on a guide for this summer’s interns. Mixed results include a few conceptual oddities, some wholly made-up data, and (we think) some of the most useful advice you’ll read about how to turn a DC summer into a DC career. We hope you enjoy. If you’re planning the kind of pivot into AI policy that Jarom describes, applications are open through June 21 for Horizon’s Career…
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