[ruswick]

I'd say most people who would be in a position to work at stripe (eg. ~5% of the programming population in the bay) are probably already in enough demand such that they aren't compelled to work for drastically reduced or nonexistent wages.

[dylanvee]

I'm talking about the internships offered by many tech companies to college students, which are always paid (often very competitively). I'm a student, and have benefited from these myself, but I'd imagine that from an employer's perspective hosting interns is a relatively low-risk way to get to know some potential full-time candidates pretty well.