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From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 3:01 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Work for nothing ?
> Demanding that interns work for free is inevitable in an industry where a
> lot of people are trying to break in, most without any real hope. That's
> free market economics I suppose.
> Once upon a time, medieval apprentices paid the master for the right to
> train with him, but they did get decent tuition in most cases.
Not so medieval ! Up to the mid early 1960s, CA and law firms in the UK
charged hefty premiums to articling students [more likely their parents]
which were returned to the students over the period of their training. As
Andrew said, decent tuition and experience was delivered. I know !
jh
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