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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of my DS will be attending college in the fall with the intention to major in CS at UVA.  I've always thought that an internship is "highly recommended" for a CS major after the 2nd or 3rd year; however, my recently graduated niece and nephews just disproved my way of thinking.

My niece recently graduated with a CS major from GMU.  She graduated in three years through a combination of credits from AP courses in HS and summer classes at GMU and NVCC.  Instead of summer internships, she took summer classes at GMU and NVCC.  She got several job offers and accepted an offer from Google.  Nephew #1 recently graduated with a CS degree from UVA school of engineering.  He did the same thing as his cousin.  He also got several job offers and accepted an offer from Microsoft.  Nephew #2 recently graduated from VTech with the same profile as nephew #1, and he accepted an offer from Oracle.

All three graduated in three years and didn't do any internships while in college and yet they all got high paying offers from employers.  That got me thinking, why even bothers with internships when you can graduate early and make more money that way?

Am I wrong on this?[/quote]

Glad to hear this. DC is at UVA and having a hard time getting an internship. Hopefully it will work out soon.[/quote]

Didn’t your kid go to the spring Career & Internship fair?  Search on Handshake?  LinkedIn presence w/link to GitHub?  Trawl Indeed?  Just plain ol’ network?
I will say that the closing dates for some applications are ridiculously early, like end of April 2022 for Summer 2023.  [/quote]
For CS? A deadline a year ahead does not make sense, as employers would not know what courses the student was taking the following year, nor would they be prepared for tech interviews.

Deadlines a year ahead may be more common in investment banking, but not in CS.[/quote]

Wrong[/quote]
Can you link to an internship posting that lists a deadline to apply for summer 2023?[/quote]

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