You’re money, and you know what else? You’re a big winner tonight.

Toward the end of Swingers, Vince Vaughn climbs on top a table at a diner and drunkly yells to the world because Jon Favreau has just gotten a girl’s telephone number. Specifically he says:

“Cause you’re growns up and you’re growns up and you’re growns up!”

You try to feel the same about your interns and co-ops. You try to teach them right from wrong and instill good habits while beating the bad ones out of their impressionable brains. Then one day you have to send them on their way. You pack them a care package, a C compiler and a Mountain Dew, and watch them walk out the door. In the end you hope they succeed.

Or that at least don’t have to program in something like VB.

Or Perl.

Dear god Perl.

It is the rare occasion though that you find out though that a former intern goes on to claim television fame. Jeff said it best in the email he sent out about it:

Recently former TestTrack intern and engineer Jesse Yeary disappeared without a trace for a month. When he returned, he was not at liberty to say where he was or why he was gone.

Over the weekend though, conditions changed. Today I can tell you what I’ve been keeping secret for about a month now (I knew ;)). Jesse will be appearing on the reality TV show Beauty and Geek this fall (FYI - Jesse plays a geek).

“FYI - Jesse plays a geek.” I know good one-liners when I see them and that’s a gem. Best of luck to Jesse, I hope he wins whatever he is supposed to win on the show.

(Does he win a girl? Can you do that? Is that legal? Maybe I need to watch more reality TV.)