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The Intern
2015 · Film · 121 min
Directed by Nancy Meyers
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
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The series is a memorable instance of what any self-respecting geek ought to have watched. It's better than "Silicon Valley", although the latter has pulled one scientific stunt regarding scientific advisory that is unique in film.
What other films/series are "must watch" material for geeks?
- War Games
- Silicon Valley
- The Social Network
- The Intern
- Mr. Robot
- Black Mirror
- Hackers
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- ...?
I think, most switchers jobs are in small business, this is very different.
Big businesses will not hire person without experience. Exists very little probability, of works for interns, but I see extreme agism in this sphere, may be this is depend on country.
BTW, excellent movie about working as intern: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intern_(2015_film)
Yep.
How about a “Senior Intern Program”?
BTW: It’s a good and underrated movie (https://youtu.be/ZU3Xban0Y6A)
If you're talking about the movie The Intern, the role played by DeNiro is that of a retired 70 years old. Kind of different perspectives, but I do agree that there should be no reason someone in their 40s can't start a new career.
A fun "fish out of water" movie is The Intern with Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway. A retired executive applies for a senior intern position and shows up in a suit & tie - and gets & keeps the job because of his excellent people skills. Thing to watch - over the course of the movie he converts his slob coworker into dressing a little sharper.
Heh, did you watch "The Intern"? Thanks to that movie, I actually think this is a really awesome idea.
But, obvious two-sided marketplace. I think you are likely to hit bottlenecks on both sides. Are the signups willing to pay, and how much? I think that's the key to the whole thing. I also think you need to focus on a narrow niche. My grandma recently did this "Road Scholar" program, which might be similar in nature (all-inclusive trips targeted at sr citizens with a scholarly/educational component).