> But I don't know about this idea that interns are somehow a gateway to getting value out of people When I was in Uni, I did a 6 month paid internship. A year

> But I don't know about this idea that interns are somehow a gateway to getting value out of people When I was in Uni, I did a 6 month paid internship. A year and a half later I joined the company and stayed for two years. When I left, there was still code that I wrote during my internship running in production. I'm sure the other staff could have done it faster and better than I did, but it was clearly good enough to keep 3.5 years after my internship ended.