School is out for the summer, and college students who duked it out for prized internships at the world's largest tech companies will soon walk through the lobbies of their temporary corporate homes.
The summer internship is one of Silicon Valley's most celebrated traditions, a 3-month whirlwind of long workdays, quirky team-building activities and first-hand immersion into the customs, culture and perks of tech life. But with the tech industry in retrenchment mode, and tech workers getting laid off by the thousands, this year's intern season is kicking off with a pall hanging over it.
