I met Jack and Suzy on their latest book tour, she was quiet and he was very nice – of course because I bought 6 of his books to have him sign. If I could improve upon this piece I would look for a better interviewer who’s more attuned to their topic and can ask more pointed and gating questions that can draw out more value added information. Jack didn’t have a “chemical” internship, he was a Chemical Engineer, and that’s different than a Chemist.

From whence we’re born, we’re meant to be profit maximizing machines it seems. Work your life to death and mindlessly consume all the while. Oh and don’t concern yourself about the planet and the environment as well. As you can see, everything will just magically turn out ok because it’s supposed to.

Perhaps we shouldn’t have let communism fall so quickly. Just a mere few decades after the fall of communism and look where we are and where we’re headed which feels very much like serfdom.

Student debt now stands at over a trillion dollars. No jobs for them. Well thank god there’s cheap junk food and gadgets to keep them distracted for now. And Jack and Suzy.

Interns work hard, or should, as the brilliant Welch’s tell us. Are they paid? Is there any mention of that? I work for a nonprofit, we don’t pay our interns, and as their manager, it incenses me every summer when I’m supposed to find 2-3, high quality, intelligent, hard-working kids, extol the virtues of working where I work, then tell them they don’t get paid. When I finally leave this place, that’s going to be a top 5 reason.

If your part-time employees produce work product for you, and do it well, they are adding value, and they deserve to be paid. The attitude of management who feel they don’t need to pay interns is disgusting. While they *might* learn something beneficial for a career, they certainly won’t learn the value of a dollar, since they’re expected to pay rent, eat, etc, on their own savings (which, duh, so many 18-21 year old kids have in spades), or their parents’ generosity, which due to the market recently, is probably at an all-time low.

It amazes me how these two don’t even mention that.

believe in the American Dream that’s been snatched from the grasp of 100 million other Americans.

then die, hapless worker drone.

That way Jack and Suzy can skip employment benefits tax, healthcare costs, insurance, etc.

The reality of today’s internships is that they work in mail rooms unpaid to do grunt work that has nothing to do with their career aspirations. However, it does add to GE’s bottom line.

The two real nuggets of info here are:

1. Work hard, no, really hard. Like, so hard. As hard as you can.

2. Have something more than a wet paper bag of a personality.

If I were you, Reuters, I’d charge these guys, rather than paying them, for such a useless column. Or maybe not, maybe I’m the only one who sees hard work and acting like a normal, likable human being as obvious things you do at a job. Things you don’t need to be told to do. I dunno. Call me crazy.