Welcome to the Chicken-or-Egg olympics for Millennials and Gen Z, where you’re told by seven different career influencers that remote and virtual internship are both the future—and, apparently, never the same thing. “But wait,” you interject from beneath your weighted blanket of student debt, “Is there REALLY a difference?” Let’s pull back the curtain on … Read more
Congratulations, internet overachiever! You’ve white-knuckled through three years of Zoom classes, “volunteered” for student orgs (read: got stuck taking notes), and watched more LinkedIn “humblebrags” than Netflix documentaries. Your inbox is stuffed with “exciting unpaid opportunity” spam. Sorry, but exposure won’t pay for Spotify Premium, let alone rent. The good news? Paid virtual internship exist … Read more
Hey, arcade owners. It’s 2025, TikTok trends last six hours, rent costs more than your parents’ first house and you’re still deciding arcade pricing by what feels right. Legendary. But you know what else is legendary? Your chronic anxiety every time you peek at your bank account, see the words overdraft fee and instantly need … Read more
You there—scrolling on your tenth study break of the day—are you ready to join the modern-day Olympics of “fake it ‘til you make it?” Welcome to the absolutely, outrageously competitive world of virtual internship. Got zero experience? Join the club. Today’s “intern” is just yesterday’s “apprentice” with a ring light, a LinkedIn profile, and a … Read more
Okay, Class of “When Will This End,” let’s address the brutally honest truth: The virtual internship is now America’s greatest shared experience, just behind stress-eating and arguing with your family at Thanksgiving. In this brave new world, your living room doubles as a corner office, and the only thing more unstable than your Wi-Fi connection … Read more
Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you’ve survived at least one semester of living, working, dating, AND doomscrolling from bed. Maybe you just completed your second “Virtual Internship”—or, let’s be honest, your mom made your cousin give you benchmarks over Facetime. Now you’re asking: does any of this count as real work experience or is it … Read more
It’s 2025, and if you’re still running your arcade the way your grandma runs her Bingo night, I have some news: She’s probably winning. Meanwhile, your version of data tracking is a faded Post It note and a prayer to the Wi Fi gods. Let’s be honest your staff can name all the Pokémon, but … Read more
Congratulations! You found the blog post that your future self and your accountant will thank you for. Well maybe not thank. More like begrudgingly email you a thumbs up GIF. Anyway, if you’re still running your arcade with a spreadsheet business dashboard last updated during the Obama administration it’s time for your come to Jesus moment … Read more
Welcome to 2025: Where Your Token Counter Is Not a Business Dashboard Let’s just cut the small talk: it’s 2025, and your gaming arcade’s data strategy is still a piece of notebook paper taped to an energy drink fridge. Bold. Heroic even. But let’s be real those days when you could just eyeball the tokens … Read more
Picture this: You, unshowered since Wednesday, in pajamas from two colleges ago, “networking” in a breakout room with three interns who haven’t unmuted since May. Welcome to the darkly glorious era of the Virtual Internship, college edition — where your biggest office drama is whether your cat will jump into your frame, or if your … Read more