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In response to "i'm shocked: Gen Y can't believe that they might have to start at the bottom of the ladder and not get paid at first! -- (link)" by chuckles

Meh. Unpaid internships are often more about businesses trying to take advantage of a job market.

Posted by musubi, adorable (aka musubi) Jul 22 '10, 12:29

Unpaid internships are mostly crap, imo.

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sure, but they've always been that way - chuckles Jul 22, 12:31 4
- just because you were dumb enough to fall for it... -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 12:34 1
  - sure, i would have preferred to have been offered a summer associate position at $1000 a week - chuckles Jul 22, 12:36
- Good for them for figuring it out. I'm all for mocking dumb kids, but unpaid internships are crap. - musubi, adorable Jul 22, 12:33
- where they are effing up is that they don't *have* to take unpaid work... but they think the paid work is beneath them. - TFox Jul 22, 12:32
Ding. I don't know anyone that has done an unpaid internship. -- nm - MDH Jul 22, 12:29 7
- me -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:45
- Mine wasn't a formal internship; just a volunteer stint for the experience. -- nm - mara Jul 22, 12:41
- i did for a uple months at a PBS station KQED in early 80's - Zeitgeist Jul 22, 12:39
- I did for a little while. Interned at a little Big Band AM station while finishing up broadcast school. - Jim Jul 22, 12:38
- if i caveat "post-graduate unpaid internship", then right. for a summer, whatevs. -- nm - TFox Jul 22, 12:35
- you know me -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 12:32
- /raises hand -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 12:31

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