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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s rough out there.

https://www.reddit.com/r/theprimeagen/comments/1ov5ee1/a_cooked_computer_science_grads_perspective/[/quote]

He notes he graduated August 2025, he says he spent 4 years in college and had zero CS related internships or outside of class work!
That is almost unbelievable. Everyone, everyone in my kids' schools look fervently for internships or research experience with a professor starting as early as freshman summer. Many of them get them the next summer, then a better opportunity after junior summer. Many have jobs during the semester that relate to their major: TA, research, etc. How does a student have nothing outside of class? Did his college not encourage that? Did he have no friends trying to get jobs related to their career while in college?[/quote]

+1 DS, CS/Applied math, started in a college research program in sophomore year which helped him get a good internship which got him a good post-grad job. Also had a offer from the company where he did his major's capstone project. Said his internship interviews really only wanted to talk with him about his research experiences. [b]You have to be building your resume while you are in school.[/b] [/quote]
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And again, that's the same for most majors.  We emphasized to both our kids while they were in HS about internships while in college. Both DH and I did internships in college, and we are in our late 50s/60.  I was not a CS major.[/quote]

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