The Internships That Pay Best - #1:Exxon #2:VMware #3:Facebook

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Internships are essential for obvious reasons, and most of us are even willing to work for free if it means we get the opportunity to hone our skills

Internships are not essential. At all. They're generally anti-competitive and exploitative of the interns. Young people with no experience think they're essential, but they're just throwing their peers off the boat. You should never work for free. Period. You're devaluing yourself and your peers and giving employers carte blanche to skirt labor laws. Never work for free, even if it's just bringing ass-holes coffee.

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