> To be fair, there are bad apples in every college and it’s likely that expectations from Tier 1 schools are higher. But, below are a few stories that you can judge yourself.

This is a terrible article and the above line confirms that it's essentially collecting some bad anecdotes to paint a broader picture of "tier-1" interns.

"Interns who want to get paid > $10/hr to do professional-quality work are unwanted."

Is there a browser plugin that erases Forbes and Medium links from HN?

Can we stop posting stuff from Forbes' blogging platform? This kind of content is rarely well-researched (or interesting).

All the smart/hardworking interns from tier 1 schools end up in tier 1 companies. So chance of getting a bad apple for an average company is so much higher.

There is this issue: if you go to school to learn- you pay the school big bucks; if you go to a company and still need to learn a lot before you are worth anything; and there is little expectation of you staying with the company long enough to be worth anything... its why the military requires 4 year commitments before they pay for your training.

Yeah! All Ivy League kids demand to be paid too much and then just fall asleep at their desks and lie about deaths in the family!

Disclaimer: I go to UPenn, but that doesn't make this article less of a pile of bullshit.