Its getting to the point where it might be time to start cracking down on unpaid internships. It truly is exploitation, if the alternative is no chance of getting in the front door.
Its almost as if getting a decent job is conditional on surviving a period of indentured servitude in these cases.
Tech Worker Shortage?
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Re: Tech Worker Shortage?
by Vince » Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:17 pm
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Re: Tech Worker Shortage?
by The Dharma Bum » Wed May 01, 2013 7:06 am
The best thing to do is realize that IT blows and find another career. Unless you like abuse and getting screwed. The industry is notorious for the way it's low level workers are mistreated and underpaid.
This legislation is just icing on the cake.
This legislation is just icing on the cake.
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Re: Tech Worker Shortage?
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Re: Tech Worker Shortage?
by John Galt » Wed May 01, 2013 8:57 am
Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience. -- Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: Tech Worker Shortage?
by The Dharma Bum » Thu May 02, 2013 7:29 am
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Re: Tech Worker Shortage?
by John Galt » Thu May 02, 2013 9:07 am
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