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If anyone in the HN audience is participating in an unpaid internship — which I doubt, but … — please stop immediately. In this industry (software development)
by throwaway172 13y ago
If anyone in the HN audience is participating in an unpaid internship — which I doubt, but … — please stop immediately. In this industry (software development) there is absolutely no reason to accept being stepped on like that.
You can easily find a paying internship at any half-decent tech company, just interview around at a few places. Speaking as a developer, mentor, and interviewer: internships are where we get our best hires and are an extremely good deal for us — paying $25+/hr no benefits is a STEAL for us. And you should name and shame your current "internment" office, for being total assholes.
My 2¢.
- mikeryan 13y agoThe flip side of that is if you're a startup in the Bay Area if your interns are doing work that hits production start paying them before you piss one off and they sue you. $10 bucks an hour (mimimum wage) is cheap...
- throwaway172 13y ago~$1600 gross per month doesn't really seem like a living wage for Bayarea; in Seattle you could probably get by. I think even startups up here usually pay north of $20/hr. I've heard of Google/FB paying north of $30/hr for interns. $10/hr may dodge a lawsuit, but I think you'll have your interns bought out from under you by someone less cheap.
- throwaway8869 13y agoNaming and shaming: Grooveshark. Questionable legality from them isn't exactly surprising though. Disclaimer: not /currently/ an intern, for the protection of those interns.