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I mean for any big tech company, its not that cheap. I made $42.50 an hour plus a housing stipend when I was an intern, and I don't think that I did very much.

I mean for any big tech company, its not that cheap. I made $42.50 an hour plus a housing stipend when I was an intern, and I don't think that I did very much. A lot of the reason that companies do that is that paying an intern about $20k for the summer and converting them to a full time employee after graduation is cheaper than what they would spend to hire someone through the interview process and stuff like that.

tasogare 7y ago
To put things into perspective, a 3 months internship in France (which are usually imposed as part of master degree) is paid approximately 1650€ (1800 USD), for the whole internship. Yes, that doesn’t even pay a rent.
- aripickar 7y ago
  I don't know what perspective that really brings. I'm sure that there are internships that pay less, but Cloudflare is a big company that is in the Bay Area, so thats pretty much what they're gonna pay.
- mam2 7y ago
  Certainly not in most paris tech compagnies : mine pays 1000/month and its a startup. In Big tech its at least 1500.
duxup 7y ago
I worked with a lot of interns, and in my experience the ONLY value was finding folks randomly who were good enough to hire. The actual productivity / work for the interns on average was very low. The rate was so low though that I'm not sure if it really was a net positive, but I think the company liked the PR and such too.
- sokoloff 7y ago
  We sometimes get completed usable work out of interns, but it’s much more a recruiting vehicle (for us) and a training/pay it back for the candidates. The recruiting can pay off for a decade when you land a star out of college and retain them.
- aripickar 7y ago
  I mean yeah, that's not really a secret. The head of the intern program that I was at straight up told all the interns that it was worth it to the company if even 20% of the interns who were hired returned as full time employees.

tasogare 7y ago

To put things into perspective, a 3 months internship in France (which are usually imposed as part of master degree) is paid approximately 1650€ (1800 USD), for the whole internship. Yes, that doesn’t even pay a rent.

aripickar 7y ago
I don't know what perspective that really brings. I'm sure that there are internships that pay less, but Cloudflare is a big company that is in the Bay Area, so thats pretty much what they're gonna pay.
mam2 7y ago
Certainly not in most paris tech compagnies : mine pays 1000/month and its a startup. In Big tech its at least 1500.

duxup 7y ago

I worked with a lot of interns, and in my experience the ONLY value was finding folks randomly who were good enough to hire. The actual productivity / work for the interns on average was very low. The rate was so low though that I'm not sure if it really was a net positive, but I think the company liked the PR and such too.

sokoloff 7y ago
We sometimes get completed usable work out of interns, but it’s much more a recruiting vehicle (for us) and a training/pay it back for the candidates. The recruiting can pay off for a decade when you land a star out of college and retain them.
aripickar 7y ago
I mean yeah, that's not really a secret. The head of the intern program that I was at straight up told all the interns that it was worth it to the company if even 20% of the interns who were hired returned as full time employees.