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On the other hand, it's a way to get inside without being evaluated too harshly because they might lose money on you. I know people who started from nothing, couldn't pay the scholarships and were self taught, and the unpaid internship was what propelled them into a serious well paid career.


That doesn’t invalidate what the parent said though. Unpaid internships do filter out people who need a paycheck to survive.


Sure they do, but those can apply to a paid position. I don't see why someone who knows enough to get paid would even consider an unpaid internship.


Right, it's the people that need the internship to learn/network and need a paycheck that are SoL




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