So she did this for free? :D please tell me this is a paid internship!
.... I hope the rock you live under is heated, they're paid $6.6K a month + 9K-12K housing in the US.
2700 GBP a month, plus 1000 GBP housing (for a summer). Because Europe.
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#22There isn't much information but this reads more like an advertisement for google internships than anything else. Not to denigrate her work, she could very well be brilliant and have gone above and beyond, but from how it reads they could be blowing it up to make it seem like every intern has a huge impact and you could too! Either way good for her, but not sure why this is so high up on HN.
It's almost like Google might be recruiting.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unpaid internships are illegal, if the intern is doing real work for the company. https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.htm
just want to point out that your link explicitly refutes your statement. They are not illegal and you linked to a test about legality of unpaid internships: > There are some circumstances under which individuals who participate in “for-profit” private sector internships or training programs may do so without compensation.
Yes, there is a list of criteria in that section. This job fails to meet several of them, especially number 4: The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern; and on occasion its operations may actually be impeded;
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unpaid internships are illegal, if the intern is doing real work for the company. https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.htm
Not in the United Kingdom. Although I'd imagine Google pay their interns
There's pretty strict rules about what does or doesn't count as an internship though.
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#25So wait, if I understand this article correctly she applied the compression because someone told her to? Or did she research herself and apllied the whole thing? I agree this is a bit like a "we re hiring interns" post
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#26So she did this for free? :D please tell me this is a paid internship!
Unpaid internships are illegal, if the intern is doing real work for the company. https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.htm
Newsflash: There are more countries than the US of A and your laws do not apply here.
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#271.5M GB = 1.5 PB?
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#28There isn't much information but this reads more like an advertisement for google internships than anything else. Not to denigrate her work, she could very well be brilliant and have gone above and beyond, but from how it reads they could be blowing it up to make it seem like every intern has a huge impact and you could too! Either way good for her, but not sure why this is so high up on HN.
At the scale at which Google operates even small optimizations can save tons of data. Not saying this was a small contribution, but I agree, mostly internship advertising.
A lot of my friends who have interned at Google felt insignificant, Google needs this counter-marketing.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unpaid internships are illegal, if the intern is doing real work for the company. https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.htm
> Unpaid internships are illegal Sorry venerable Sir, what planet you're talking about?
"But whatever your moral leanings, a judge on Tuesday confirmed what intern advocates have been alleging for years: a lot of these programs are illegal."
"it's hard to predict what appeals court judges will rule on any of these cases."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/06/13/are-u...
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unpaid internships are illegal, if the intern is doing real work for the company. https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.htm
Newsflash: There are more countries than the US of A and your laws do not apply here.
Yeah but Google is mostly a US company so it was an easy slip to make.