NY/CT Intern (paid)
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- ukit0
Well keep looking ismith but be realistic. Earlier in the thread you said:
"come December I'm out of a home so I need to be able to afford some living space, food, and a few other things"
Now although I admire your ambition in finding a real design position/internship, I wouldn't be so sure of your chances of finding something that pays well enough to afford all of that. The job market being as tough as it is, you'd imagine most decently paid internships are gonna be snapped up by college students and recent graduates first. Doesn't mean it can't happen, but adjust expectations accordingly. If you need to pay rent and buy food and have no degree or professional work experience, I don't see how you can rule out a non design type of job, and trust me, we've all been there.;)
- I'm being realistic, but it isn't really pertinent. Paid is a chance, unpaid is suicide.ismith
- And I'll have a degree, however little it's actually worth, in May.ismith
- *specifically how it's realistic isn't pertinent.ismith
- Consider finding freelance work via the web - always an option and no degree or experience required, just a portfolioukit
- +1 I am finishing up my internship right now. And two of the other interns at my work at actually graduated two y ears ago from college. So to get an internship as a 17 year old.. i dont know how that will happenplusminusbox
- ago... so i dont see a 17 years old getting a chance... when even graduates are looking for internshipsplusminusbox
- I'm out over $1500 from unpaid freelance work, which leaves a really bad taste. I'll still do it (and am) but it's hardly reliable.ismith
- $250/wk (ideally) would easily be enough until I graduate, at which point I'll need a much better gameplan.ismith
- you are not going to make that...
Etype - I don't mean at one job.ismith