The Intern -

We treated them differently. I’m not proud of it, but it’s true.

If you think of interns as just “cheap labor” or “future hires,” you’re missing the point. The best interns—regardless of age—don’t just do work. They hold up a mirror. They ask the question everyone else was afraid to ask. They remind us why we started doing this in the first place. The Intern

Both assumptions were wrong. The younger intern struggled with confidence, but he learned our analytics platform in one afternoon. He caught a bug no one else had seen. He just needed someone to tell him, “It’s okay to speak up.” We treated them differently

It’s not “more years = more ready.” Sometimes it’s a different language. The Intern