Former Twitch's CEO words of warning to Gen Z interns: Prestigious jobs on paper are 'mostly a trap' and money is a 'constraint'

Former Twitch's CEO words of warning to Gen Z interns: Prestigious jobs on paper are 'mostly a trap' and money is a 'constraint'

Emmett Shear warns interns that starting a business will bring "economy-sized" pain, but joining the workforce is full of traps.

The former CEO of Twitch said he had one piece of career advice that he gave every batch of interns

Emmett Shear was the CEO of the streaming platform Twitch from 2011 to 2023. He served as OpenAI's interim CEO when Sam Altman was briefly fired in November 2023.Robin L Marshall via Getty ImagesEmmett Shear was Twitch's CEO from 2011 to 2023.He was also OpenAI's interim CEO for three days in November 2023 when Sam Altman was fired.Shear shared the career advice he used to give to his interns at Twitch in a thread on X.Emmett Shear, the former C…