Most of the startups and small companies I’ve worked for hired many more interns for non-tech positions than for technical ones. Non-technical departments are a

Most of the startups and small companies I’ve worked for hired many more interns for non-tech positions than for technical ones. Non-technical departments are at least as under-resourced as technical ones and just as desperate to have more hands on deck. Most interns end up doing a lot of time consuming stuff that requires some basic understanding of the business but not much skill or experience - like researching sales or PR leads and filling out spreadsheets with that info. Some startups have interns run their social media campaigns or fill in when customer service load is heavy. I’ve also seen an intern tasked with writing first drafts of blog posts and white papers that a founder had been meaning to get to for months but couldn’t find the time.