For this cohort, the advantages are obvious: getting a really good financial start, learning valuable financial lessons, and possibly avoiding a lifetime of mistakes.

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Like the legal intern delivering coffee and learning what it takes to be a good lawyer, their most significant impact in the role is not achieved in a short time, but rather in avoiding being too much of a distraction in the short-term and learning how to have a real impact in the long run.

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