Anonymous
Post 04/26/2026 09:50     Subject: Who is getting jobs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:ivy grad - econ - quants job - about 300k/year

Tell me you know nothing about quant jobs without telling me…

what did the ^PP get wrong?

My DC will be interning at a quant firm and said first year swe make close to $300K, with bonuses.
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2026 20:41     Subject: Who is getting jobs?
Anonymous wrote:ivy grad - econ - quants job - about 300k/year

Tell me you know nothing about quant jobs without telling me…
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2026 20:29     Subject: Who is getting jobs?
ivy grad - econ - quants job - about 300k/year
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2026 10:56     Subject: Who is getting jobs?
Regarding the SLAC graduate having trouble in the marketing area….. sorority girls can have great GPAs and be at schools with amazing communications or marketing programs. Prior experience in sales, communications or marketing, their college reputation in the area (look up moody school of communications at Texas or marketing at mccombs.) I’m sorry your daughter doesn’t have a job yet (my graduating senior took a not great one and is moving home while he gets experience to add to his resume and try again). In your particular situation racism could have occurred…but this is an area where SEC schools excel.
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2026 08:14     Subject: Who is getting jobs?
Anonymous wrote:Ours has had a Top internship since freshman year. They’re still looking for a job- return offers were very limited for their junior year internship. They’re still looking for into Penn for PhD, so that’s likely the next move, but they’re strongly considering mastering out.

How is that measured?
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2026 00:33     Subject: Who is getting jobs?
Ours has had a Top internship since freshman year. They’re still looking for a job- return offers were very limited for their junior year internship. They’re still looking for into Penn for PhD, so that’s likely the next move, but they’re strongly considering mastering out.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2026 23:55     Subject: Who is getting jobs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Senior son at top 10 for CS has been working remote since sophomore year for a now series B startup out of Berkeley. He is into embedded systems and designs and programs hardware for robotic machinery they are developing. Will continue after graduation working 1/2 remote and 1/2 from Berkeley. Has stock options and is one the first 2 employees so he’s very excited. Initially was contacted about the position from one of the founders after seeing his personal website/portfolio and GitHub.


You know most start ups fail.. Good for him but they were also desperate for anyone.


And most big companies do layoffs. So it turns out nothing is safe.


Nothing is safe and you always need to be looking for a job.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2026 23:45     Subject: Who is getting jobs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm hearing a lot from those who are having a hard time but not much from those who are successful. Can anyone with a new grad (25-26) with a job or undergrad with an internship for this summer share.... what major, what kind of school (public, private, highly selective or not), what seemed to help? Did they make a lot of use of the career center?



This is for parents with younger kids- Note that where you go to college is highly correlated with where you might end up with a job. Simply b'cos it is easier to find local internships. Of course, you can breakthrough into a different part of the country, but you have to work extra hard to get an internship there in the summers. For e.g. internships in DC area are more likely to students from VTech, JMU, UVA than internships in the midwest or the west that will look for local students.





+1 my kid goes to what some DCUMs would call a "no name" LAC but it's known in its region for a strong program in her major. Best response to internship applications was in that state.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2026 23:07     Subject: Who is getting jobs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Senior son at top 10 for CS has been working remote since sophomore year for a now series B startup out of Berkeley. He is into embedded systems and designs and programs hardware for robotic machinery they are developing. Will continue after graduation working 1/2 remote and 1/2 from Berkeley. Has stock options and is one the first 2 employees so he’s very excited. Initially was contacted about the position from one of the founders after seeing his personal website/portfolio and GitHub.


You know most start ups fail.. Good for him but they were also desperate for anyone.


And most big companies do layoffs. So it turns out nothing is safe.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2026 23:01     Subject: Who is getting jobs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I thought the job market for CS majors was terrible. Almost everyone here who got a job/internship seems to be one. Strange.


There are plenty of people posting here who weren't CS majors or even STEM at all.


+1
I have a liberal arts major who was hired recently. Graduating in May.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2026 14:31     Subject: Who is getting jobs?
Anonymous wrote:I'm hearing a lot from those who are having a hard time but not much from those who are successful. Can anyone with a new grad (25-26) with a job or undergrad with an internship for this summer share.... what major, what kind of school (public, private, highly selective or not), what seemed to help? Did they make a lot of use of the career center?



This is for parents with younger kids- Note that where you go to college is highly correlated with where you might end up with a job. Simply b'cos it is easier to find local internships. Of course, you can breakthrough into a different part of the country, but you have to work extra hard to get an internship there in the summers. For e.g. internships in DC area are more likely to students from VTech, JMU, UVA than internships in the midwest or the west that will look for local students.



Anonymous
Post 04/24/2026 08:41     Subject: Who is getting jobs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My DD is at 300 apps and is getting interviews but no offers. She may be working retail instead of getting a paid internship. December grad so this was her last chance. She’s losing to sorority girls at public unis. At a top LAC. Career ed says it’s not her but the job market. I also think it’s racism.

What’s her race?

Black
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2026 08:41     Subject: Who is getting jobs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My DD is at 300 apps and is getting interviews but no offers. She may be working retail instead of getting a paid internship. December grad so this was her last chance. She’s losing to sorority girls at public unis. At a top LAC. Career ed says it’s not her but the job market. I also think it’s racism.


My son is in the same boat, PP (also at a too LAC). Keep in mind that most people choosing to reply to this thread will be those whose kids have internships/jobs (meaning there are many whose kids don’t who aren’t going to reply). Also the replies seem to be skewing stem-heavy and my kid like yours is a humanities major. I do hear that the alumni network is very strong at LACs so I have advised my kid to start cold-emailing alums in his desired field and ask for informational interviews.


Thank you for sharing your story. Helps me and her feel less alone. Wishing your son nothing but the best.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2026 08:38     Subject: Who is getting jobs?
humanities major from SLAC has a job at Bain. had summer internship there last year, loved it, offered position. considering he got that internship offer his sophomore year via on campus recruiting, it's been a pretty effortless, stress-free process. of course had he hated it last summer, I dont know what he would have done.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2026 07:54     Subject: Who is getting jobs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Senior son at top 10 for CS has been working remote since sophomore year for a now series B startup out of Berkeley. He is into embedded systems and designs and programs hardware for robotic machinery they are developing. Will continue after graduation working 1/2 remote and 1/2 from Berkeley. Has stock options and is one the first 2 employees so he’s very excited. Initially was contacted about the position from one of the founders after seeing his personal website/portfolio and GitHub.


You know most start ups fail.. Good for him but they were also desperate for anyone.


What a strange comment for no reason.

Most startups fail way before a Series B raise which usually is for like $30MM+ and in fact those companies are way more discriminating in who they hire than many large companies.

My own kid has a similar story to the above and the company is now going through acquisition negotiations with a large public company and my kid is going to get a huge windfall from it.