2024-12-21T21:50:46-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149938311/the-internship-test-or-why-even-become-an-architect-at-all Nicholas Korody 2016-04-06T09:11:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2y/2yfo9ubiqoglyutn.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The question of internships frames something of a litmus test in architecture &ndash; although they tend to indicate more about the hiring firm than the hire. Exploited labor or necessary rite-of-passage? It&rsquo;s a debate that&rsquo;s been raging for decades almost exclusively through this binary, even as the context in which it&rsquo;s been waged has transformed considerably. While certain practices have moved to institute fair compensation into their intern programs, life for many architecture interns today remains a struggle.</p>