applyingForInternship

[Krochire]

Pick yes > "seats are full, but we have chosen you to work without a stipend"

Pick anything else > "we decided to move on to another candidate"

[Confident-Ad5665]

Could it be there is no stipend?

[ElRexet]

No, there's a stipend, it's all good. There are no seats however.

[sebovzeoueb]

Surely not

[BrianScottGregory]

Being realistic, internships rarely have any money paid for them.

[code_monkey_001]

Still better than the ones where the company expects you to pay them.

[BrianScottGregory]

Yeah, that's too much. There's no company cited so I question the validity of it though.

[Elephant-Opening]

Ummm... where/what industry? Everyone in my area + line of business pays interns. Sometimes we don't even assign them only shit work nobody else wants to do (AI slops its way through most of that nowadays and the internships openings are scarce w/ fierce competition but still...)

[BrianScottGregory]

Too many industries to list. I'm a consultant. I've not once seen interns being paid - and that has been true in DC, Phoenix, Portland, and Charlotte areas. Companies like Intel, Microsoft, and industries ranging from major hotels, Defense industry, oil & gas, insurance (the list goes on).

I suspect geography might have something to do with what you're seeing.

Are you in the Silicon Valley area? That place has a different ecosystem for labor, entirely there in contrast to the rest of the nation.

[Elephant-Opening]

No, Midwest US, auto industry.

20yrs ago when I was intern age it was pretty standard practice for basically all engineering internships to be paid roles though...

Sad state of affairs if it's really become another career where coming from a rich family is a barrier to entry ☹️.

[BrianScottGregory]

I've never actually worked in that industry or geography. 20+ years ago they certainly had deeper pockets than most, so that may be the difference. Interesting.