[siberpunk]

They are actually not that -- useful. When I was an intern at the company I am currently working at, I remember the first pull request I opened. This was 2 years ago and my PR was still open, until recently closed without merge.. Onboarding process takes time even for experienced developers, and experience of most students/new grads is highly limited both in programming and team work. You might want to consider the output you need is not just good code.

With all these being said, hiring interns to get them ready to work for you is a good idea. That's what happened to me, and what I do right now. While we are giving students an opportunity to involve in a real company which benefits them, we also direct them into learning our tech stack and conventions, which might benefit us in the future. Your resources (money and time) is used like a future investment in this case