#INTERNSHIP

[bitchesgetriches]

On leaving home for the first time:

Leaving Home before 18: A Practical Guide for Cast-Offs, Runaways, and Everybody in Between

Ask the Bitches: “I Just Turned 18 and My Parents Are Kicking Me Out. How Do I Brace Myself?”

Ask the Bitches: I Want to Move Out, but I Can’t Afford It. How Bad Would It Be to Take out Student Loans to Cover It?

How To Start at Rock Bottom: Welfare Programs and the Social Safety Net

Advice I Wish My Parents Gave Me When I Was 16

Ask the Bitches: How Can I Make Myself Financially Secure Before Age 30?

You Won’t Regret Your Frugal 20s

Master the Logistics and Etiquette of Moving Out

Season 2, Episode 5: “What Do I Need to Know about Moving into My First Apartment?”

On basic finance:

How the Hell Does One Open a Bank Account? Asking for a Friend.

How Do You Write and Cash Checks? Asking for a Friend.

Budgets Don’t Work for Everyone—Try the Spending Tracker System Instead

You Must Be This Big to Be an Emergency Fund

A Hand-Holding Guide to Getting Your First Credit Card

How to File Your Taxes FOR FREE: Simple Instructions for the Stressed-Out Taxpayer

Dafuq Is Credit and How Do You Bend It to Your Will?

How to Save for Retirement When You Make Less Than $30,000 a Year

Dafuq Is Interest and How Does It Work for the Forces of Darkness?

What’s the Difference Between Savings and Checking Accounts, and How Should I Be Using Them?

Dafuq Is a Down Payment? And Why Do You Need One to Buy Stuff?

Dafuq Is Insurance and Why Do You Even Need It?

Investing Deathmatch: Investing in the Stock Market vs. Just… Not

Dafuq Is a Retirement Plan and Why Do You Need One?

Do NOT Make This Disastrous Beginner Mistake With Your Retirement Funds

On managing your household:

How the Hell Does One Laundry? Asking for a Friend.

How the Hell Does One Wash Dishes? Asking for a Friend.

Ask the Bitches: Why Are Painted Mason Jars the Internet’s Only Solution to My Tiny Apartment Woes?

9 Essential Tools for Apartment-Dwellers (and 6 That Are Kinda Useless)

Ask the Bitches: How Can I Survive in an Apartment with No Heat?

How to Save Money on Your Beloved Pets

Bullshit Reasons Not to Buy a House: Refuted

How To Maintain Your Car When You’re Barely Driving It

25 Tricks to Stay Cool WITHOUT Air Conditioning

On feeding and caring for yourself:

You Should Learn To Cook. Here’s Why.

How to Shop for Groceries like a Boss

If You Don’t Eat Leftovers I Don’t Even Want to Know You

I Think I Need to Go the Emergency Room?

Ask the Bitches: Ugh, How Do I Build the Habit of Taking Meds?

On maintaining relationships:

Season 1, Episode 8: “My Mother Demands Information About My One-Night Stands.”

Season 1, Episode 3: “My Parents Have Bad Credit. Should I Help by Co-signing Their Mortgage?”

Ask the Bitches: How Do I Say “No” When a Loved One Asks for Money… Again?

Ask the Bitches: My Dad Sucks with Money. How Do I Make Him Change?

You Need to Talk to Your Parents About Their Retirement Plan

Season 2, Episode 1: “I’m Financially Stable, but My Friends Aren’t. The Guilt Is Crushing!”  

On starting your career:

22-Year-Olds Don’t Belong in Grad School

High School Students Have No Way of Knowing What Career to Choose. Why Do We Make Them Do It Anyway?

The Actually Helpful, Nuanced, Non-Bullshit Way to Choose a Future Career

Your College Major May Not Prepare You for Your Job—but It Can Prepare You for Life

The Ugly Truth About Unpaid Internships

Your School or Workplace Benefits Might Include Cool Free Stuff

[chuwenjie]

My Life as a Cartoon Network Intern

In the summer of 2017, my animation journey officially started when I was an intern on Mighty Magiswords and Apple & Onion. I wrote a journal entry about my experience here!

[amnhnyc]

🗣️ College students: Do you want to inspire curiosity in a captivating environment where science, community, and communication intertwine? Become a Museum intern! Applications for the Museum Education Experience Program (MEEP) are open through August 23. Apply today!

[nasa]

Deniz Burnham

A former NASA intern, Deniz Burnham started her career as an engineer on an oil rig in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, and went on to lead operations on drilling rigs in Canada, Ohio, and Texas. https://go.nasa.gov/3wDpfBo

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

[indigomistudies]

notes from another coffee shop and a rainy day in nyc ☕️🌧️

[goodbyehahafolder]

[linastudyblrsblog]

How life is going so far

That’s a lil update on my last year of med school

honestly I miss posting on tumblr , being active on both instagram and tumblr is difficult but I’ll try to manage 😅

[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

[tired-coffee-addict]

Me and my dying ipad are getting that degree together🫠(I have high hopes that'll be able to buy a laptop before I start working on my research:")).

I think I'll take a pause on reading articles and start actually studying for my FINAL finals. I'm also starting my internship in 2 weeks and I don't know if I'm scared or excited. I guess it's both★

[bodyhorror-bimbo]

FUCK YEAH!

Just ran my first advising session by myself with no supervision. Major success!!! I fucking love my job!!! I hope I can make this my career beyond just an internship.

Academic advising is amazing cause I get to help people, but it’s relatively low stress. Its conversational with people’s life and situations, but the requirements are all laid out and can be academically min maxed.

I just. My autism loves my job, even when it’s tiring. I don’t think I could ever do a job not of this same sort of breathe. Besides like being a writer, but that’s already my passion so it’s chill lol.

Capitalism may suck. But I’m gonna do the best I can in this system. And do something I love. Helping people. ^>^

[bitchesgetriches]

Hi there! I'm not sure if this is the right blog to ask, but it can't hurt, right?

I have the feeling my employer is fucking with my wages, but I can't put my finger on how exactly. Every time I ask, they keep shooting some weird math at me at rapid speed, and it all seems reasonable, but by the end of the month I always end up with less than my contract had promised. Do you have any general, not USA-only advice on how to deal with that? (I'm writing from Italy).

I was thinking of maybe going to the union office and asking for a consultation, but my mom keeps telling me that "everyone in the business know each other", "gossip travels at the speed of light" and "you don't want to be known as a troublemaker". Idk if her fears are reasonable. What makes the situation more difficult is that I'm not part of the union and I'm not sure if it's something I can do - I only have an internship contract (for a whole year. what a joke.).

If it matters, the job is hotel receptionist.

This is my first serious full time job, and I'm feeling pretty lost. Is there something I could do, or should I just grit my teeth and keep my head down?

First off honey, ignore your mom. WE are your mom now. And we say troublemakers GET SHIT DONE! The kind of things your mom is saying is what employers count on when they try to take advantage of their employees.

Second, we recommend getting printed copies of your pay stubs (this should be a thing in most countries) if you haven't already. This should be a written record of your pay, the hours you've worked, and what has been taken out for taxes and other benefits. If your employer can't provide this written record, then go to the union office. Explain your situation as a temporary intern and see what advice they have for you.

Wage theft is a HUGE problem. It's way more common than most people think. And it's infuriating. More on that in the link below.

Buona fortuna!

Season 4, Episode 11: “My Boss Kept My Tips. Is That Legal—or Did She Steal From Me?” 

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[chuwenjie]

i really enjoyed you sharing your intern story, but i was also keenly aware while reading that it seems like that trajectory is only possible if you have enough money to jump at the opportunity. things like buying a plane ticket, potentially break and lease, and sign a new one with just a few weeks' notice, and then work minimum wage only a couple of days a week while there? do you have any advice for how you were able to make that financially feasible, or in your opinion is breaking into the industry only possible by having a ton of cash to burn on last minute and under-compensated internships? this is asked without judgement; i do really appreciate your insights, and am asking out of desire to carve this path for myself with limited resources. thank you!

(Note: this reply is regarding this post)

You're 100% right - the way that studios structure internship positions highly favor students that have the financial means to drop everything and move to California for a few months, for little to no compensation. The fact that they don't offer any form of housing assistance or travel stipend makes it incredibly difficult to take on an internship without already having savings ready to go.

I was very thankful and lucky that my parents had saved funds for my higher education, which is how I had money to do the internship, but I totally recognize how much of a privilege that is. I think the fault is on the studios for making these programs inaccessible, especially when it could be an experience with the potential to shape the course of an artist's career.

There are a couple things that could possibly help - the first is that internships already require you to be a student enrolled in college, and it's possible you could try asking your school for financial assistance for the internship. Some schools have special funds set aside for things like this and it's always worth to see if your school does.

The second would be that the pandemic vastly changed the way studios operate, with many of them now allowing full-time or hybrid remote employees. During the beginning of COVID, internships were done virtually, and perhaps it's still possible to ask if the studio is willing to accommodate a remote internship.

My last advice though, would be that being unable to participate in an internship is NOT the end of the world. Getting an internship in the animation industry is WAY harder than getting a job - the vast majority of artists I've worked with never had internships, and many of them transferred into animation from other disciplines like engineering or computer science. The way I got my first job also was not directly through my internship, it was actually through a Dreamworks showrunner discovering my artwork on Twitter and reaching out to me about a job. These days, social media has so much power to connect us to opportunities that would have been extremely hard to get in the past and I would definitely keep that in mind as you continue your journey! Wishing you all the best of luck.

[amnhnyc]

What do rocks, coral, and trees have in common? Find out with Museum Education Experience Program (MEEP) interns Claire and Fred.

The Museum is looking for fall interns! Applications are open through August 23. Apply now!

[jmphysicsjournal]

I’m enjoying my internship in London. It’s been helping me avoid overthinking about the future as a recent graduate.

I recently turned down a PhD opportunity, and I really hope I’m not making a mistake. I simply cannot imagine spending another four years in the same city, doing physics over and over again. I’m seriously considering pursuing a career in the field of my internship, but I’m scared I’ll be stuck in it for the rest of my life.

I have dreams unrelated to my physics degree, but having a stable job and gaining financial independence is the first fundamental step, right? How do people approach these things.

[indigomistudies]

more research paper writing for my nyc internship and a lavender latte! 🪻☕️📓