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I can't help but feel you're missing the elephant in the room: this isn't about hating interns, it's about money. Hiring an intern, even without any pay, costs
by Etheryte 2y ago
I can't help but feel you're missing the elephant in the room: this isn't about hating interns, it's about money. Hiring an intern, even without any pay, costs a company money because it means other people are coaching the intern and thus producing less output than they would be otherwise. Right now there is little money going around in the market so companies have less space to take on interns. When money is cheaper again, expect to see more openings like that.
- grugagag 2y agoWow, it’s got this bad? Seems like a race to the bottom at this point, without training youngsters how are new generations supposed to get into the industry?
- quantified 2y agoSame way as the generations did before interns became a thing, perhaps. An intern program is a recruiting pipeline, plain and simple. If you're cutting back, that'll be an early thing to go. Plus, if you believe in AI-driven coding, the intern-quality code is just a few prompts away. So become a senior prompter.
- andersonklando 2y agoThat was my mindset until I started venturing and running side hustles and understood the point: money. Understanding how a business works will help you better position yourself as an engineer. Even Posthog believes that candidates who have entrepreneurial background have higher chances at launching products. Engineering is the only field where you can learn without having "an official job". That's why a portfolio is always asked before jumping in interviews.
- lewdev 2y agoI can imagine that training only leads to bearing fruit in other companies if the junior/intern decides to leave.