<p>Then you know people taking the wrong internships. </p>
<p>I do it because it gives me experience in my field, because it looks good to do something for love of it and not for the money, and because it gives me a better idea of what I want to do with my life, and the type of environment I want to work in. The connections don’t hurt either – but you’re right, sometimes that doesn’t pan out. </p>
<p>If you’re not doing substantive work at least some of the time. Why stay? My last internship I was writing blog posts, editing copy, updating the webpage, drafting e-mails, designing webinars, etc. I had a lot of fun doing it and the people were great.</p>