I Just got offered a Internship (I cant, for the life of me, remember the company's name. they base themselves out of Seattle.) Anyway, They will teach me to code and im assuming treat me like there slave. Should I go for it? This might be a once in a lifetime opportunity, but if i do do it, I would have to move to Seattle, Where alot of my older siblings live. One has offered that I can stay with her. Im only 15, So Im pretty sure it will be unpaid. But I AM Homeschooled.....
Sort of. You dont have to do them, but You can. Here it is from Wikipedia: Internship is a system of on-the-job training for white-collar and professional careers.[1][2] Internships for professional careers are similar to apprenticeships for trade and vocational jobs. Althoughinterns are typically college or university students, they can also be high school students or post-graduate adults. On occasion, they are middle school or even elementary students.
Generally, the internship works as an exchange of services for experience between the student and his or her employer. They can also use an internship to determine if they have an interest in a particular career, create a network of contacts, or gain school credit. Some interns also find permanent, paid employment with the companies in which they interned. Thus, employers also benefit as experienced interns need little or no training when they begin full-time regular employment.
There's a good chance it's not legal to offer unpaid internships in Washington state. I'd ask them about compensation were I you. Actually, I'd ask them many questions. What is the nature of this internship? What sort of work will you be doing? What is its expected duration? You want as much information as possible before you make a decision one way or another.
wait, aren't internships part of the schooling in the US? (they are in a lot of european countries. especially germany and other northern european countries)
No not in the least. They are 100% separate, the only exception is if you happen to get into one randomly during college, which rarely happens.
I Just got offered a Internship (I cant, for the life of me, remember the company's name. they base themselves out of Seattle.)
There's a good chance it's not legal to offer unpaid internships in Washington state. I'd ask them about compensation were I you. Actually, I'd ask them many questions. What is the nature of this internship? What sort of work will you be doing? What is its expected duration? You want as much information as possible before you make a decision one way or another.
This. Ask them tons of things, chances are, like most "too good to be true" internships, they are using you for unpaid free slave labor, and will blame anything that goes wrong on you.
It happens. A LOT.
This might be a once in a lifetime opportunity
Don't treat it like that, because it seriously isn't. Internships happen all the time.
Generally, the internship works as an exchange of services for experience between the student and his or her employer. They can also use an internship to determine if they have an interest in a particular career, create a network of contacts, or gain school credit. Some interns also find permanent, paid employment with the companies in which they interned. Thus, employers also benefit as experienced interns need little or no training when they begin full-time regular employment.
That is a bit of a problem.
This. Ask them tons of things, chances are, like most "too good to be true" internships, they are using you for unpaid free slave labor, and will blame anything that goes wrong on you.
It happens. A LOT.
Don't treat it like that, because it seriously isn't. Internships happen all the time.