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Yo, VV, I’m really happy that you’ve decided to run this article about the controversy of unpaid internships, but you should probably also ‘fess up and disclose that most of your interns are unpaid, and that you often require college credit for said internships. Which is a practice that this article calls into question. Just saying.
On a personal note, my patience for unpaid internships unraveled after I worked as an unpaid video intern at an organization where I was the only person on staff who actually knew anything about video editing. I was teaching my boss how to do things in Final Cut. And that’s when I realized that unpaid internships are, for the most part, bullshit.
I’m astounded that companies still think it’s OK to ask young people to do real work for no pay. But I also realize the problem won’t go away until everyone stops accepting unpaid jobs (because that’s what they are, they’re JOBS). But we’re talking about a generation desperate for work and career validation, so that’s not going to happen any time soon.
Don’t take unpaid internships. Don’t work for free. You fuck things up for people trying to make a living at this stuff.
