[symptic]

Anything from John Chow's website is incoherent self-serving drivel as part of his marketing funnel to get you to help him make more money... so he can blog about how he makes more money.

This article had good intentions, but guest blogging on John Chow's website is doing him a disservice.

[brtzsnr]

I stopped (not) reading at "often for little or no monetary compensation". I'm still a student, I'm doing CS, I have good work experience, but unless they pay me good money (see Google & Microsoft) I won't accept any offer.

[jcapote → brtzsnr]

so you want to make that google/microsoft money right out of college? Good luck.

[dangrossman → jcapote]

I was an internet at Microsoft in college. They paid me better than most full time programmers back home.

That said, so did DuPont and Math Forum where I also interned.

Unpaid internships are just wrong. College students are adults, who have the same expenses as any other adult, on top of accumulating student debt.

[jimmyjim → jcapote]

I think he meant to say that Google and Microsoft give a decent (enough) pay to interns.

[jcapote → jimmyjim]

Ah, now that makes sense.

[swombat]

Flagged for "Learn how I went from $0 to $40,000" delayed popup over the article.

Would you eat caviar out of a trough?

[Luc]

Ugh, that stock art photograph of a bunch of posers at the top of the screen just drains me of all motivation to read this. I'm that shallow it seems.

[pmorici]

This article is just wrong. Interns want a fair salary so that they can cover their expenses for the summer and perhaps save a little for the coming school year. Beyond that the largest hurdle is getting interns to know about you. At my college job fair there were only big name marquee corporations. I didn't really even learn of the large size of the start up scene until after graduation.

[aresant]

Something that I did not know - most unpaid internships are technically illegal.

You are not allowed to have an unpaid intern "If the employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the trainees . . . "

Good article outlining the gov'ts position:

http://www.onedayoneinternship.com/blog/are-unpaid-internshi...

[samdk]

I'm a college student and I'm looking for an internship at a startup or small business. I do not care at all about accumulating resume buzzwords. None of the good programmers I know have any trouble filling their resume with actual accomplishments.