the internship

[Thadda Al-Munik]

no pay? gross. How do you expect the person to have money to get there.

I was just offered 16/hr at my internship at AIG. I start next monday.

discuss

[Yula_the_Mighty]

Lot of student internships are like that. You get no pay. Just experience that can be helpful finding a job later

In some cases, universities work together. You get no pay and credit hours. Often times the credit hours are not much use. You still have to meet the specific course requirements for your university, college, department and program. I know people with plenty of hours to graduate but they do not have the required courses.

The gaming industry is particularly bad on this subject because everybody wants to design games. Far more people want these jobs than there are jobs available. The entry jobs go to folks that have experience from internships or a game they wrote in their spare time.

You will find for entry positions that the job req often comes with no relocation or interview compensation. It will say local people only. So you have to pay to travel for the face to face interview. If you are offerred a job, you move yourself.

It all depends on area the company does business in.

[Paraduck]

I think it's more for people in the local (Boston) area. I'd be interested, but can't justify the cost of moving and living out there with no monetary assistance.

Fortunately, most science internships and REUs pay, and provide housing, etc.

[Yula_the_Mighty]

Here in South Florida there are internships for science, engineering, medical and business students. They all pay. They are all local. There is no housing. Generally, you would not know of their existance unless you go to school here.

The companies contact the correct department at the university. The appropiate degree students get an email to their university email address.

[Paraduck]

Ah, that's interesting. My school has some of that, but not a ton... maybe because it's a smaller school? Not sure.

[Thadda Al-Munik]

I know a few people who are managers at the Branch I'm working at and I got the job there. Applied Math majors ftw! We do it better than business majors :p

[Yula_the_Mighty]

I know a few people who are managers at the Branch I'm working at and I got the job there. Applied Math majors ftw! We do it better than business majors :pDepends on which degree in business you are after. Accounting is a business major. Accounting trumps Applied Math.

[TheKnight]

So in other words you'd have to be one of the following:

I. Still in high school and on summer break, and your parents are rich.
II. On summer break from college and you or your parents are filthy rich.
III. You or your parents are rich.

The #1 things all of these have in common is, yup you guessed it being rich.
I don't see how in the world someone could do this work of 40hours a week
and you guys at Turbine honestly expect people to do this for free.

You could at the very least reimburse people for their gas mileage. Does this even count toward any credits in college for class? If not to both questions, then you guys are really pulling some dirty stuff here.

People have to live, and working for free is a huge no no especially in this day and age with the gas prices, current state of the economy, and the war going on in Iraq.
The only time working for free would be acceptable would be:

I. Volunteer Work - Because people do it when they have free time available.
II. Open Source Projects - Everyone can look at the code/download it for free and can do it whenever they have free time.

The key is "When the person has free time". I would seriously hope that the people doing the Internship would at the very least get credits for their college class, and reimbursed for their gas mileage.

Like I said above if you guys are not doing either, then your company has lost a great deal of respect from me, and I'll never look at your company the same ever again.

Regards

[Thadda Al-Munik]

Depends on which degree in business you are after. Accounting is a business major. Accounting trumps Applied Math.


Not if you go for Actuarial Science like me. You make way more money than accountants in that field.

[Yula_the_Mighty]

Not if you go for Actuarial Science like me. You make way more money than accountants in that field.I doubt based on the income my son makes as an accountant. I have looked at some of the figures for entry accountants and actuarial scientists on the web. The figures do not look right to me. I guess it must have something to do with where you live and what kind of business you work for.

[Thadda Al-Munik]

yea. I live in NJ. And if everythign goes as planned, I'll work as an actuarial assistant in Manhatten.

[Yula_the_Mighty]

yea. I live in NJ. And if everythign goes as planned, I'll work as an actuarial assistant in Manhatten.Small world. My son lives on Long Island and works in Manhatten.

[Thadda Al-Munik]

http://www.dwsimpson.com/salary.html