Ask HN: Intern or freelance - which is better on the resume?

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If you had a choice of interning at no pay for a respectable firm or getting a freelance gig at a similarly situated company what do you think would look better on a resume if your goal was to get a permanent job later on? (not necessarily at the same place)

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If the option to get a paid internship exists I'd do that. I've always had problems with the idea of big companies offering unpaid internships, however depending on the industry/competition, I get why they exist.

But to echo baggins, employers have rarely cared about my freelance work.

In my experience looking for work, almost no one I've interviewed with asked or cared about my freelance work.

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