Internship Experience
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- d_rek0
internships should be viewed as steppings stones.
I had several internships while in college and none of them were where I expected to be professionally after I graduated. If anything they simply informed me of exactly what I wanted to avoid when combing the job market. Not that I didn't learn anything from them - quite the contrary.
However, if you truly like the place you work at then why not let them know? Tell them you know your term with them is almost up but you would love to be considered as a full time staff member - or at the very least, be retained as a freelancer.
Otherwise be prepared to move on. It's probably too lucrative for such a small firm to take on interns - the pay is much lower than a full-time/salaried staff member and they can squeeze as much work out of an intern as they need.
And just because they went to graduate school doesn't necessarily mean anything other than... they went to graduate school. All it does it grant them perhaps some padder for their folios and a few additional lines on a resume.
And besides, you have to start somewhere. Having a BFA with a few years professional experience is better than having a masters with no experience IMO.
- "And just because they went to graduate school doesn't necessarily mean anything other than... they went to graduate school."dMullins