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If you're talking about software jobs, 9600 for an internship is way above average and now that its 4800 its below average so that's not a good chunk of change.

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I don't want to defend a gig economy company, but you're failing to account for the fact that the "average" changed dramatically over the last two months - as the post you're replying to noted:

> unlike many others whose internships were canceled

4800 is indeed a good chunk of change compared to 0

The gal of some people. How many places do you think are even running internships right now let alone paying interns over 30/hr.

Its about more than the raw numbers too. If you make 9600 a month as an intern and you get offered a job you are certainly going to be offered more than you made as an intern. However, if you make 4800 as an intern there probably isn't a large company in the world that wouldn't use that as leverage to offer you full time employment at a salary far below 9600.

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