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Originally posted by Rudey
Progressive responsibility means nothing more than a structured corporate environment where you hold your lip 99% of the time, others take credit for your work, and there is a level of bureacracy surpassed only in government halls in India.
And I'd love to know how interns learn reality. In 99% of the cases I know interns do nothing. There is no reality there and that dream they live is either a great one or a nightmare.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but it's not black and white. As much as age helps with experience, age also gets a free ride at youth's expense.
-Rudey
--Quick, write that line down...it belongs in a movie script.
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I like the line. Nothing is totally black and white, and the age piece is cute. I'd just say there are a lot of folks who have spent a fair amount of their careers bringing along younger ones.
In most of the companies I'm aware of, holding your lip is a good way to be totally overlooked. Being the loudest and most obnoxious at the table doesn't work too well either. An internship is what you make of it.
Two thoughts about internships. First, I hope my doctor learned something during his internship. Second, in the the TV stations I've worked for, the bright, hard working interns are the ones who get the jobs upon graduation. That's assuming, of course, that there is a position open. An internship certainly isn't a guarantee.