Interns From Ivy Leagues Or Private Schools Are Unwanted

by camzon 9/23/2013, 8:09 PMwith 17 comments

by steve-howardon 9/23/2013, 8:50 PM

> To be fair, there are bad apples in every college and it’s likely that expectations from Tier 1 schools are higher. But, below are a few stories that you can judge yourself.

This is a terrible article and the above line confirms that it's essentially collecting some bad anecdotes to paint a broader picture of "tier-1" interns.

by gohrton 9/23/2013, 8:55 PM

"Interns who want to get paid > $10/hr to do professional-quality work are unwanted."

Is there a browser plugin that erases Forbes and Medium links from HN?

by nextstepon 9/23/2013, 9:13 PM

Can we stop posting stuff from Forbes' blogging platform? This kind of content is rarely well-researched (or interesting).

by TrainedMonkeyon 9/23/2013, 8:49 PM

All the smart/hardworking interns from tier 1 schools end up in tier 1 companies. So chance of getting a bad apple for an average company is so much higher.

by ethanaziron 9/24/2013, 2:12 AM

There is this issue: if you go to school to learn- you pay the school big bucks; if you go to a company and still need to learn a lot before you are worth anything; and there is little expectation of you staying with the company long enough to be worth anything... its why the military requires 4 year commitments before they pay for your training.

by habosaon 9/23/2013, 9:22 PM

Yeah! All Ivy League kids demand to be paid too much and then just fall asleep at their desks and lie about deaths in the family!

Disclaimer: I go to UPenn, but that doesn't make this article less of a pile of bullshit.