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Why don't internships count ? - certainly in the UK for most professional jobs having an internship in the field is a huge advantage over other candidates and i
by ig1 16y ago
Why don't internships count ? - certainly in the UK for most professional jobs having an internship in the field is a huge advantage over other candidates and in popular fields such as banking, media, etc. having done internships is pretty much a requirement.
- jcnnghm 16y agoIt depends on the internship. Lots of internships seem to be of the "do all the shitty jobs that nobody else wants to do because you are free labor" variety, and not the "trade the salary you deserve for lots of mentoring and training while we help prepare you for your career" variety. If the internship is Google's Summer of Code, that's one thing, if it is fetching Mountain Dew's and snacks for the guy that's actually building something, that is something else entirely.
- eru 16y agoYes, though there's actually a lot of "do all the shitty jobs that nobody else wants to do because you are free labor"-type work in software, where you can learn lots exactly because you are getting your hands dirty. E.g. bug fixing.