As far as I can tell, it applies to graphic designers [1], architects, animators, etc. as well. As a programmer I've got more people throwing money at me than I

As far as I can tell, it applies to graphic designers [1], architects, animators, etc. as well. As a programmer I've got more people throwing money at me than I have time for, so it definitely depends on what it is you do. I also think the indefinite internships are partly self-inflicted - once you make it known that your time is available for free, employers are probably more likely to exploit that. A lot of students in Austria seem to have almost comically socialist views, maybe the concept that they're selling their time on the free market is foreign to them. [1] my sister is in that boat right now - she can find paid unskilled work or unpaid design work; she's in Berlin, though