[game_edu] Internship question

[Casey O'Donnell]

Yeah, that seems like bad news. Sometimes those are the same non-competes that get used for employees. Maybe just bring it to the attention of the employer that it doesn't make sense in the case of an un-paid internship for a student. Usually those lines can be stricken and then signed.

My hope is that it is a form agreement that no one thought would get used in such a situation.

However, if they did intend that... Whoa.

Casey

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Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab (GEL)
Michigan State University

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On January 27, 2015 at 4:12:32 PM, Ben Chang (changb3 at rpi.edu) wrote:
> > 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.