Interns: Everything you need to know about a summer in the Bay Area in one place

Re:Interns: Everything you need to know about a summer in th... by throwaway41 on Monday April 01, 2013 @03:08PM (#5475189)

Are you sure? I interned in the bay area in summer 2012, and found that my salary was more than sufficient to cover rent in MTV. I received no housing stipend, and rented a reasonably nice place with 2 other interns which was $1200/month each (which I considered absolutely extortionate, not sure if others would agree). Given that my salary was in the $5000/month range, this was, off the top of my head, about 1/4 of my monthly salary, which is to me totally fine.

I don't deny that you can get cheaper outside of SF/MTV (and indeed SF can be much more expensive; my comment is only for MTV), but I dont think that $1200 is 'trust fund' money.

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Re:Interns: Everything you need to know about a summer in th... by Me1000 on Monday April 01, 2013 @04:17PM (#5475611)

You're correct, I spent two summers interning the San Francisco. The salary most companies pay (at least for engineering interns) is enough to live comfortably in the city... It's just a bit harder to find a place that will sign a 3 month lease, but it certainly isn't out of the question.

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