Back then, Xerox thought customers would make about 2,000 copies a month—but it was more like 10,000 a month, and some as many as 100,000. The very first popular photocopier, the Xerox 914, had a tendency to overheat and burst into flames after extensive use. Paradox of starting outYou need the experience to get the job, but you need a job to get experience—a true Catch-22 scenario in real life. For this (ridiculous) reason, many young people are doing unpaid internships to gain experience and skills. Luckily, some lawmakers agree and have been calling to ban unpaid internships across the states of the European Union, declaring unpaid internships as "a form of exploitation of young people's work and a violation of their rights."

Source: New Zealand Herald October 21, 2020 17:43 UTC