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Can you actually do that/do people do that? E.g., if someone did a software engineering internship for at least one semester every year of their college (4 year

Can you actually do that/do people do that? E.g., if someone did a software engineering internship for at least one semester every year of their college (4 years), can they count those years as field/industry experience? Albeit not full 4, but 2-3 years?

cbhl 9y ago
The University of Waterloo advertises it as a feature of their co-op program. Four month work terms alternate with four month school terms. Do six of them before you graduate and you have two years of work experience.
deevolution 9y ago
I did an internship every summer during college, but only my last 2 internships were software related. A couple of internship barely qualifies you. In retrospect, I should have asked my intern employers to extend the internship part time into the school year. Then, I think i'd be qualified for entry level. I got lucky on my last internship, tho and they hired me. At most I would count 4 summer internships as 1 year of experience.
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sudosteph 9y ago
You should definitely count any part-time tech work or summer internships towards total industry experience. Companies may not count it at first, but it will end up giving you leg up. It may not seem like much, but compared to the people who got a degree without working in the industry, I guarantee you know way more and would be more useful to a company. In my case, I got hired at an "entry" level position for a huge company along with other "new college grads" types, many with masters degrees but no experience. I was promoted within a year to the mid-tier position while my less experienced cohorts spent 2-3 years getting there. From mid-tier, it becomes more about what you actually know and what you've done rather than "years since graduated from college", so getting to senior level with only 3-4 years "full time" experience is not impossible if you play your cards right (and really do get good experience during college).
tytytytytytytyt 9y ago
It's not like you have to pay to submit the application/resume, so you could just try it and see, no??

cbhl 9y ago

The University of Waterloo advertises it as a feature of their co-op program. Four month work terms alternate with four month school terms. Do six of them before you graduate and you have two years of work experience.

deevolution 9y ago

I did an internship every summer during college, but only my last 2 internships were software related. A couple of internship barely qualifies you. In retrospect, I should have asked my intern employers to extend the internship part time into the school year. Then, I think i'd be qualified for entry level. I got lucky on my last internship, tho and they hired me. At most I would count 4 summer internships as 1 year of experience.

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sudosteph 9y ago

You should definitely count any part-time tech work or summer internships towards total industry experience. Companies may not count it at first, but it will end up giving you leg up. It may not seem like much, but compared to the people who got a degree without working in the industry, I guarantee you know way more and would be more useful to a company. In my case, I got hired at an "entry" level position for a huge company along with other "new college grads" types, many with masters degrees but no experience. I was promoted within a year to the mid-tier position while my less experienced cohorts spent 2-3 years getting there. From mid-tier, it becomes more about what you actually know and what you've done rather than "years since graduated from college", so getting to senior level with only 3-4 years "full time" experience is not impossible if you play your cards right (and really do get good experience during college).

tytytytytytytyt 9y ago

It's not like you have to pay to submit the application/resume, so you could just try it and see, no??