Opinions, please.

[Heebo]

Take the internship. Not only for experience but to see if it's actually something you want to do with your life.

[Autotune]

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[LizardNecro]

I'd take the internship. Getting your foot in the door is huge.

I was an dev intern at a video game company my senior year of college, and thanks to that one internship I met senior devs and producers. Thanks to their letters of recommendation I could take my pick of work in the game industry. The president of nintendo called me about a job thanks to one of those letters. Obviously that's an exceptional case but it illustrates the point. It's all about connections.

Take the internship, and show passion. Reach out, take initiative, do a great job. Develop relationships with the people in the planning dept. Then when you graduate you'll have a job where you want to be.

[Sirken]

dont do the intern unless A) u want to work for that company, or B) thats the only way to get into the field u wanna work in. companies nowadays screw kids with internships half the time. so u really gotta be sure it can help u

[Visual]

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[Misto]

If the the job you have now is enough to pay for an apartment and be independent. I'd say that's good enough.

[Ferok]

You'll still be able to get internships when you graduate. If another job will put you through school, take it.

[dragonfists]

Originally Posted by Ferok [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You'll still be able to get internships when you graduate. If another job will put you through school, take it.

ya, you have a great gig going now, don't give it up till you get your #1 goal of getting your degree out of the way. you'd just be adding to your stress levels otherwise.

[Daldolma]

Look, it's a pretty simple situation. You have a good thing going that's paying you well and offering to cover part of your tuition, which you may as well tack onto your salary (in addition to interest rates on whatever portion they'd cover).

So let's say the difference in pay, benefits, and tuition coverage (plus interest) amounts to, what? $30k over the course of three years? Could easily be more -- again, I don't know what your schooling will cost or what percentage they'll cover.

Are you going to throw a bet of $30k on your < 20-hour-a-week internship getting you a job you couldn't otherwise get without the internship? Seems like a pretty awful gamble to me. The vast majority of internships don't serve as a foot in the door, they serve as slave labor and a largely useless line on a resume that just lets future employers know you didn't spend that time sitting around in your underwear.

[Everlove]

Agree with Sirken / Daldolma. I own a business and am involved in HR in another fairly large company as well which is semi-related to your desired field. I will say we don't give any real preference to interns. Generally the people with extensive intern experience are less dedicated and thus a bit less desirable as a full-time hire. Also, if you're looking at the private sector as an option... to make something of yourself you'll have to change your mind-set about the 40hr work week once you're finished with school unless you plan to work 2 jobs of course. Good luck!