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A trial period where you work for exposure and discover exposure doesn't pay rent.
means A temporary, often entry-level work placement — paid or not — where someone trades labor for training, experience, and a foot in the door.
from From 'intern,' which traces back to Latin 'internus' meaning 'internal, within.' The word entered English through French 'interne,' first used for a resident physician living 'inside' the hospital to train under supervision — hence 'intern' for medical trainees by the 19th century. The meaning later broadened beyond medicine to cover any supervised trainee role, and '-ship' was added to name the state or position of being one, much like 'friendship' or 'apprenticeship.'
- origin
- medieval guilds ran apprenticeships, minus the coffee runs
- paid vs unpaid
- unpaid interns still owe taxes on stipends
- legal line
- US law requires interns benefit more than the employer
- real roi
- networking usually outvalues the actual tasks assigned