25 years old and deep in debt

[garbon]

Is that really an internship, though?

Well that was my title.

Actually the first time I heard about unpaid internships, not for school credit - I was like hold up!

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Is that really an internship, though?

Every non-exploitative internship in engineering is paid.  Oftentimes pretty well, too.  Makes me wish I'd done some during undergrad.

[Ideologue]

Remind me to tell you about the year long unpaid US atty job or the unpaid judicial clerkships I've heard about.  Never mind, I guess I just did.

[Jacob]

He has a BS In Chinese Apeasement, and an AAS in flannel.

You think Chinese Appeasement is a science degree?!!?!?

[Ed Anger]

He has a BS In Chinese Apeasement, and an AAS in flannel.

You think Chinese Appeasement is a science degree?!!?!?

It's a 4 year degree.

[Phillip V]

America’s Biggest Entrepreneurs: High School Dropouts

'Among America’s most celebrated entrepreneurs are college dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell.

But as it turns out, the country’s most frequent business founders are dropouts of a different kind: They dropped out of high school.'

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/americas-biggest-entrepreneurs-high-school-dropouts/

[Ideologue]

But they didn't learn how to critically think!

[crazy canuck]

America's Biggest Entrepreneurs: High School Dropouts

'Among America's most celebrated entrepreneurs are college dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell.

But as it turns out, the country's most frequent business founders are dropouts of a different kind: They dropped out of high school.'

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/americas-biggest-entrepreneurs-high-school-dropouts/

Makes sense.  People with little or nothing to lose can take big risks. 

[The Minsky Moment]

But they didn't learn how to critically think!

True.  If they had, they might have discovered the glaring flaw underlying that chart - which is discussed in the accompanying article.

[The Minsky Moment]

"These high rates for the least-educated group suggest an increased number of people entering entrepreneurship out of necessity," writes Professor Fairlie.

People with more education have more and higher-paying job opportunities available to them at existing employers.  . . .  The same probably isn't true for workers without a high school diploma.

Starting a new business, by the way, does not necessarily mean taking on employees.  . . . . A majority of businesses showing up in these figures seem to be nonemployer businesses (sole proprietorships) . . . 

So dropouts are more likely to start "businesses" because they have no other options.
If you look at the definition of what qualifies, running a lemonade stand 3 hours a day is enough.

[Ideologue]

Lol, fair enough.

[Phillip V]

Where's my damn lemonade?

[crazy canuck]

Where's my damn lemonade?

Not enough high school drop outs to meet the demand.

[garbon]

Where's my damn lemonade?

Not enough high school drop outs to meet the demand.

And kids are getting fined for not having proper permits.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Where's my damn lemonade?

Not enough high school drop outs to meet the demand.

And kids are getting fined for not having proper permits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidco