Dont sell your self short! Interning (work for free or for cheap) is common in fields where there are tons of students looking for jobs (publishing, fashion, fi

Dont sell your self short! Interning (work for free or for cheap) is common in fields where there are tons of students looking for jobs (publishing, fashion, film, TV). In development it isnt the case, there is always a shortage of good people. If you do intern, make sure you get paid a reasonable wage! Something on the order of 20-25/hour. When I interned about 15 years ago I made about the equivalent of 50K/year. Not great, but certainly not free. I had found free lance jobs on my own paying about $50/hour. If you are going to work for free, you might as well do it for yourself and work on an opensource project