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Also important to realize that no intern actually gets the full yearly salary -- these internships usually last around 3 months.

Not a huge fan of this site, presenting data without context seems like a great way to stir up trouble without doing any actual reporting.

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I agree. Interns also generally receive no extended benefits like 401(k), stock, medical, and so on, so the comparison isn't very fair in terms of total comp.

But interns do get things like free housing and free cars which full times do not.

Never heard of free cars - who does that?

I mean free car rental. I got one at Oracle. I presume it's common as it's very hard to get around in the US without a car - often not much public transport.

I got a free rental car from Amazon in summer 2013. I don't think they do that anymore tho.

A classmate of mine interned at a Microsoft office in Sunnyvale and was provided a rental car for the duration of his internship.

Yeah, it's still a pretty high rate for a ~20-year-old, or at least that $2000 per week felt like an enormous amount. But mine was only 8 weeks.

Oh jeez, Facebook?

yeah and that 20k we make during summer helps pay for our college which is ridiculous. meanwhile my mom worked her way through college part time

My parents also worked their way through college on part-time jobs. Meanwhile, I just graduated with almost $100k in student loans, and that's with the money I made interning.

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