&gt; Working for free is a luxury for the people not struggling to ends meet.<p>This is true for markets where there really is no other alternative than working for free. You are certainly referring to children of wealthy parents who can afford to do unpaid or low-paid internships and entry level jobs in industries like media, the arts, or sports.<p>When you are talking about contract development work, which exists a robust market for paid work, even if all similar gov&#x27;t contracts gets done at the $1 it would not much affect someones ability to sell their skills in the private markets.