Chris Calkin | Moov

Most internships lead to full-time jobs, not detainment by the UK authorities, followed by an 8-hour interrogation and deportation.
I’d just graduated from college and landed my first, big-time internship abroad working for an investor on the British television show Dragons’ Den (the UK equivalent of Shark Tank). The prospect of working with early-stage entrepreneurs and the venture capital community was a dream come true for an entrepreneurship major. I’d sublet my apartment, sold most of my belongings, and bought my one-way ticket for the next stage of my life. Yet there I sat in airport custody, huddled around my three suitcases tightly packed with everything I owned.