> "quit after 18 months and get another different job to experience some diversity" You really can't sample very much after you graduate. Let's be honest, in a

> "quit after 18 months and get another different job to experience some diversity" You really can't sample very much after you graduate. Let's be honest, in almost all places in this industry, hopping around every 1-1.5 years looks ugly after a while. You can pull it off once or twice before it starts reflecting in your interviews. That's the point other posters are making - more, shorter co-op terms is basically the penalty-free way of job-hopping and sampling everything. It's also a way of rapidly expanding your professional network and filling it with people who can vouch for your work.