📌 Internship Tracker

A simple, command-line Python tool that helps you track internship/job applications, record follow-up dates, and view reminders for when you need to check back with employers. Designed to be built in a single weekend while still being practical and useful long-term.

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🚀 Features

✔ Add internship/job applications

Record:

• Company
• Role
• Date applied (defaults to today if you leave it blank)
• Auto-generated follow-up date (2 weeks after application)

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✔ Automatic follow-up reminders

When you run the tracker, it alerts you if:

• A follow-up is due today
• A follow-up is overdue

It highlights them with icons:

• ❗ — Follow up today
• ⚠️ Overdue — Follow up ASAP

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✔ Persistent storage

All applications are saved into data.json, which updates every time you add a new entry.

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✔ Clean CLI interface

Simple, clear menu:

1. Add application
2. Show stats
3. Exit

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Python 3
• Colorama for colored output
• JSON for data storage
• Datetime for date calculations

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📦 Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/bnwah/Internship-Tracker.git
cd Internship-Tracker

2. Create a virtual environment

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # macOS/Linux
venv\Scripts\activate      # Windows

3. Install dependencies

pip install colorama

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▶️ Usage

Run the program:

python tracker.py

You’ll see the menu:

--- Internship Tracker ---
1. Add application
2. Show stats
3. Exit

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🚀 Future Improvements

Core Enhancements

• Edit/delete an application
• Add custom follow-up intervals
• Add status choices (Interviewing, Rejected, Offer, etc.)
• Add color indicators in the menu
• Build a GUI or web dashboard

Intermediate Enhancements

• Pull company overview for interview prep
• Store and summarize job description

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🤝 Contributing

Pull requests and suggestions are welcome! Feel free to open an issue.