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Internships aren't for making money, they're for gaining experience. Getting paid for them is nice, but the experience is the important part. For some compani

Internships aren't for making money, they're for gaining experience. Getting paid for them is nice, but the experience is the important part. For some companies having to pay interns would just mean they wouldn't offer internships at all. The reason interns are paid less (or not at all) is that there are lower expectations for interns and other staff usually has to take time to mentor them or check their work. Maybe not the best example, but if a new paid employee says, "No, I've never used source control, what's that about?" it's a big problem. If an intern says it, you explain it and move on.

eli_gottlieb 15y ago
Maybe not the best example, but if a new paid employee says, "No, I've never used source control, what's that about?" it's a big problem. If an intern says it, you explain it and move on. And thus it came to pass that the unpaid internship replaced the entry-level job. I know there's no point in pleading with an economically rational capitalist like yourself, but stop exploiting the proletariat, or one of these days we won't even walk into your damned office.
- jlarocco 15y ago
  "... one of these days we won't even walk into your damned office." If you don't think you're being treated fair, that's exactly what you should do. Duh.
- pcopley 15y ago
  This is honest to god one of the stupidest comments I've ever read anywhere. "Exploiting the proletariat?" Are you fucking kidding me? I got a half semester worth of college credit for various internships and wouldn't have my current job (or subsequently my car or home) had I not had it. Go back to Mother Russia and leave the thinking to the adults.
  - eli_gottlieb 15y ago
    "Exploiting the proletariat?" Are you fucking kidding me? You think it's not exploitation to have to work without being paid? Are you fucking kidding me?
posabsolute 15y ago
I agree, it simpler for a dev to see inequality here, my friend has his company, they don't pay internship because generally the interns is too junior to work on anything alone, and sometimes even cost him money taking times from other dev explaining stuff. Not only that, the intern will have to learn a lot of things he did not learn at school because it's not the market reality. If they did a good job they generally get a nice gift (like an ipad) and sometimes a job. Granted we have no Harvard around, i guess it could be different but, I don't think unpaid intern are dramatic at all, rarely an intern can do as well a job that even a 2 years experienced guy does.

eli_gottlieb 15y ago

Maybe not the best example, but if a new paid employee says, "No, I've never used source control, what's that about?" it's a big problem. If an intern says it, you explain it and move on. And thus it came to pass that the unpaid internship replaced the entry-level job. I know there's no point in pleading with an economically rational capitalist like yourself, but stop exploiting the proletariat, or one of these days we won't even walk into your damned office.

jlarocco 15y ago
"... one of these days we won't even walk into your damned office." If you don't think you're being treated fair, that's exactly what you should do. Duh.
pcopley 15y ago
This is honest to god one of the stupidest comments I've ever read anywhere. "Exploiting the proletariat?" Are you fucking kidding me? I got a half semester worth of college credit for various internships and wouldn't have my current job (or subsequently my car or home) had I not had it. Go back to Mother Russia and leave the thinking to the adults.
- eli_gottlieb 15y ago
  "Exploiting the proletariat?" Are you fucking kidding me? You think it's not exploitation to have to work without being paid? Are you fucking kidding me?

posabsolute 15y ago

I agree, it simpler for a dev to see inequality here, my friend has his company, they don't pay internship because generally the interns is too junior to work on anything alone, and sometimes even cost him money taking times from other dev explaining stuff. Not only that, the intern will have to learn a lot of things he did not learn at school because it's not the market reality. If they did a good job they generally get a nice gift (like an ipad) and sometimes a job. Granted we have no Harvard around, i guess it could be different but, I don't think unpaid intern are dramatic at all, rarely an intern can do as well a job that even a 2 years experienced guy does.