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Re:My internship on the Khan Academy iOS team by tunesmith on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @04:06PM (#8919570)
Are internships still only for people still in college? That's what I always thought, but I read some articles recently that indicated some programmers with 15-20 years experience are going around and working "paid internships". (I don't really understand the difference between that and a plain old contract.)
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Re:My internship on the Khan Academy iOS team by internship on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @04:38PM (#8919805)
I went through a paid internship. In my case it was for a couple of reasons:

1) I was underqualified for the position that I applied for. So they offered the internship.

2) Since I did not have a lot of (work) experience I guess it was a gamble for them to employ me "just like that". So it could be seen also as an qualifications test maybe.

3) Visas are hard(ish) so not employing me made it, let's just say more legal. Paperworkswise I've been working as a freelancer for their branch in a different country.

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Re:My internship on the Khan Academy iOS team by andymatuschak on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @04:12PM (#8919619)
Anyone can apply for an internship; you can think of it as a paid, fixed-duration, apprentice-like position.
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Re:My internship on the Khan Academy iOS team by Fomite on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @04:25PM (#8919717)
Only sometimes is it paid, and indeed the rise of the unpaid internship "for experience" is something of a problem.
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Re:My internship on the Khan Academy iOS team by Kronopath on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @04:35PM (#8919780)
While you may be correct in general, this is the guy who wrote the parenthetical at the end of the article who (presumably) runs Khan Academy's internship program.
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Re:My internship on the Khan Academy iOS team by nilkn on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @12:57AM (#8921722)
I don't think I've heard of any unpaid internships at any decent technology companies.
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Re:My internship on the Khan Academy iOS team by andymatuschak on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @04:30PM (#8919749)
Ah; sorry, I was referring to Khan Academy specifically.
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Re:My internship on the Khan Academy iOS team by tunesmith on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @04:51PM (#8919888)
That's interesting, thanks. Khan academy has been on my crush list for a while, it's fun to consider taking a break from consulting work to apply for an internship...
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Re:My internship on the Khan Academy iOS team by benshyong on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @05:54PM (#8920250)
This is awesome! Great policy on internships
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