<p>With the exception of jobs like engineering and medicine, many of the jobs of the future will require skills and human capital development that you can’t get in a school. Apprenticeship and on-the-job learning is and always will be an important mechanism in the labor market. It’s a shame that these federal rules on unpaid internships will dampen that.</p>
<p>I think it’s crazy that for most internships you have to enroll in a class for credit. Thus you’re paying hundreds of dollars to work for free. Of course the experience is priceless and is what counts the most, but that requirement is annoying.</p>
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<p>This is untrue.</p>
<p>The other thing about jobs is that if I get into Georgia Tech next year, I will most definitely be doing a co-op during my time there. That co-op is 3 valuable semesters-worth of experience that employers LOVE.</p>
<p>Hope you do get into Tech, it seems like a kick-ass school (I applied there, wasn’t smart enough to get in 
) and that co-op program seems cool.</p>
<p>And oh the horror of expecting employers to actually pay you or otherwise compensate you for your labor :rolleyes: let’s all keep up the complacency though. It’ll make it a lot easier for them to eventually outsource our jobs without much complaining 
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