Ah yes…the pretend intern bit

Those of you who stuck with me this past year know how I feel about internships. They’re only internships if they offer something in return, say college credits, lunch, and the promise of a full time job upon graduation. This is not an ad for an internship. It’s an ass looking for free labor, but playing the intern card in hopes of getting some unsuspecting college kid to do the work for him.

Looking for an web site editor intern

Reply to: ass@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-11-01, 10:38AM PDT

Looking for an intern/volunteer to work on a web site, organize articles.
This is a good opportunity for you to practice being a web master and create
a demo for your resume.

you can work at your own time and in your own home. I will give you tutorial on how to do so and you can gain some experience.

* it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
* Compensation: no pay

Let’s have it. Why is this a good opportunity? Because you’re too cheap to do the work on your own and the intern will do it for you? Most businesses won’t consider work done for friends as experience. If you’re a nobody it falls under the same category. You see, the “interns” can do the same thing for themselves with the same result. Why would I want to make a “demo for my resume” with you oh cheap strager, when I can do it on my own with less hassle.

Ass.