thanks for sharing the link. i'll admit i'm not nearly familiar enough with the federal labor laws, but from my undergrad experience, i know it's common practic

thanks for sharing the link. i'll admit i'm not nearly familiar enough with the federal labor laws, but from my undergrad experience, i know it's common practice around here for many of the opportunities to be unpaid. " Interns generally must be paid if the value of their work to the employer exceeds the value of the training program to the intern--which certainly appears to be the case described in the original post here." How would that be determined? All of the interns choose to work with us over other opportunities because of the hands-on real world experience. "Anyway, interns who work without pay while possessing computer skills are chumps. In the job market in my town, anyone with serious programming skill can get a paid internship readily at a company with a genuine future--whether that is a start-up or an established big corporation." Athens, GA is a different breed. We are one of the only places in town where these students can get real world ruby experience. It's said, but essentially true.