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mcknz on Oct 7, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Enslaving your interns for evil and profit

Even if the intern is justified in doing so, taking legal/regulatory action might not be the best way to start a career. A company this unreasonable may actually enjoy personal and professional destruction.

georgieporgie on Oct 7, 2011 [–]

Downvoted for spreading FUD. Software development is a vast enough field that you can't be possibly be blacklisted.

Retric on Oct 7, 2011 | [–]

Beyond that, I would be more likely to higher someone who stood up for themselves in such a situation.

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