Breaking Tech
By Tiger Oakes
Breaking TechApr 12, 2021
How unpaid internships affect you and the tech industry
With more and more people are coming into tech, you gotta start somewhere. When you get an unpaid internship offer, is it worth it? If you're a struggling startup, are unpaid interns your only viable workforce?
Created for UBC's Writing for Podcast course #ubccrwr302, individual assignment. #podernera
# Music
Porch Blues by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4232-porch-blues
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Super Friendly by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4442-super-friendly
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
# SFX
VHS Cassette Play by MrAuralization (CC BY 3.0)
Dramatic Pulsating Ambiance by Audio_Dread (CC BY-NC 3.0)
throwing a pile of paper series by DrMaysta (CC0 1.0)
JailDoorClose by TurtleLG (CC0 1.0)
Cash Register by kiddpark (CC BY 3.0)
Ticker Tape Machine FF651 by martinimeniscus (CC0 1.0)
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