"No Pay?Many Interns say,"No Problem" and "Take This Internship and Shove It" are quite different and even opposite ones. As for me, I share views the first text's author - internship has more advantages than disadvantages, it's a great opportunity to gain practical skills through even unpaid internship if you don't have full-or part-time job. If we consider this situation from intern's point not from effectively equilibrium on labour market, I bet it's worth going through internship even if you have to do without wage
I suppose my point is clear enough, so secondly I want to share some facts about internships in Russia. I somehow aware of situation with internships in out country, as my Mum is a doctor, and it's a common knowledge that one the most popular professions in which having an internship is strongly needed in medical ones. When I read the first text I was a bit shocked that in the USA exist even paid internships, and students has a choice of having a wage on not. In Russia student now has to pay by their one for their internships and we particularly don't have any wage. What is more effectively - nobody knows,but still both systems exist.