could find. He made his first short film,
Amblin’ (1969) and hustled to get Universal executives to watch it. Once the vice
president of the television division saw
the film, he offered Spielberg a seven-year contract. Six years later, Spielberg
delivered the epic movie Jaws (1975) to
Universal Studios and cemented the
beginnings of his cinematic legacy.
Jobs and Spielberg probably have a
lot in common: an extraordinary work
ethic, initiative, a sense of imagina-
tion. The difference, though, for the
two young interns was that Universal
Studios identified talent in their ranks
and locked him down.
Internships as an Education
U.S.News and World Report, known for
its annual rankings of universities and
colleges, also releases a short list ranking schools based on the percent of
undergraduates who have an internship
during their time in college. The only
Ivy League school in the top 10 for the
2011 report was Dartmouth College ( 72
percent), which came in third behind
American University ( 85 percent) in
