Sure, I'm pointing out a separate problem. YCombinator is a startup incubator, so ostensibly a lot of people here aren't in big tech, and startups do often use

Sure, I'm pointing out a separate problem. YCombinator is a startup incubator, so ostensibly a lot of people here aren't in big tech, and startups do often use unpaid interns. Programmers might not have the full impression of this, because programming internships are usually paid in my experience, even at small startups. But lots of internships in (for example) marketing or administration/HR are unpaid.