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Title: Insight of an Intern
Post by: cerijenkins on August 05, 2012, 03:17:15 pm
[I made sure to get admin approval before posting this - thanks guys!]

Hey there SF peeps,

I am a University of Bath Politics with International Relations 3rd year student, and as part of my placement year with tech company 10gen I am keeping a blog called 'Insight of an Intern'.

The blog is a frank account of life as an intern in London, and offers potential interns of all walks of life advice on the internship process and what to expect. I thought I'd post it here as it might be of use to anyone taking an internship, or thinking about doing so in the future.

You can check it out at www.insightofanintern.com

Hope it helps in some way, and I look forward to getting to know you guys on here.

Cheers m'dears! 
Title: Re: Insight of an Intern
Post by: Alpha on August 06, 2012, 08:37:32 am
And which admin did you ask? Mind mentioning it?
Title: Re: Insight of an Intern
Post by: cerijenkins on August 06, 2012, 09:08:44 am
Not at all, I asked astarmathsandphysics. Hope it's okay?  ???
Title: Re: Insight of an Intern
Post by: Amelia on August 13, 2012, 08:29:03 pm
Its fine, then.

And thanks for sharing this with us, It is helpful.

Welcome to the forum.
Title: Re: Insight of an Intern
Post by: astarmathsandphysics on August 13, 2012, 08:53:36 pm
My personal advice is don't do it unless you are rich.
Title: Re: Insight of an Intern
Post by: Alpha on August 14, 2012, 01:48:33 am
Quote from: cerijenkins on August 06, 2012, 09:08:44 am
Not at all, I asked astarmathsandphysics. Hope it's okay?  ???

Yeah, and thanks for sharing with us. That's quite helpful.
Title: Re: Insight of an Intern
Post by: cerijenkins on August 14, 2012, 03:50:48 pm
Quote from: astarmathsandphysics on August 13, 2012, 08:53:36 pm
My personal advice is don't do it unless you are rich.

Well, unpaid internships, certainly. But I'm completely against those, and see them as a form of basically illegal labour.

There are good, paid internships out there, however - the one which I'm doing pays me a reasonable salary (otherwise I certainly wouldn't have enough money!).  ;)
Title: Re: Insight of an Intern
Post by: astarmathsandphysics on August 14, 2012, 04:02:04 pm
Internships in UK and US are a method of weeding out the scum of the eart - people without money or connections - so the people in power perpetuate the system.