[game_edu] Internship question

[Ben Chang]

Hi all,

I have a student who's been offered an unpaid internship.  The contract 
has as non-compete that would bar him from doing game dev work in a 
related field for one year after completion.  Is this normal for unpaid 
internship?  It seems disadvantageous.   The only value he receives from 
performing the work is experience to use towards future employment, but 
he would be prevented from seeking employment doing the thing he'd 
gotten experience doing.

thanks,

--Ben Chang

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Benjamin Chang
Associate Professor, Department of the Arts
Director, Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180
changb3 at rpi.edu
518.276.2366