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I agree with you. It wasn't that we were lazy, there were literally no opportunities to gain employment in high school for us. For example in my case I landed a

by 1971genocide 12y ago

I agree with you. It wasn't that we were lazy, there were literally no opportunities to gain employment in high school for us. For example in my case I landed an internship within one month of joining University even though I was far away from silicon valley, they only used my academics and I turned out to be really good for them. Same cannot be said for canada where its a lot more competitive. I learnt a lot without having to take any risks as my uni life was independent of my proffesional life.

potatolicious 12y ago
> "Same cannot be said for canada where its a lot more competitive. I learnt a lot without having to take any risks as my uni life was independent of my proffesional life." I disagree strongly. Literally thousands of 1A students at Waterloo get placed every single semester, and while 1A unemployment rates are higher than any other term, still only a minority of students cannot find a job that term. And nearly everyone finds something by their 1B term, putting them nowhere near at-risk from being held back. Finding someone willing to let you intern as a kid fresh out of high school and only a few months into university is hard, but it is not insurmountably hard. This is an opportunity, not a burden - you gain far stronger job-finding skills than you would if you already had an impressive background. Waterloo taught me more about hustle, presentation, honesty, spin, negotiation, and many other skills I'd never have learned had I already had strong credentials. The experience has made me a much, much stronger interviewee than most of the population, and has helped my career in huge ways. A friend of mine literally drove down highway 401 with a pile of resumes, stopping at local factories and engineering shops to personally hand it to a hiring manager. This is the sort of desperation - but also hustle - that most people are never faced with, especially in our field. It is also the type of hustle that keeps paying even after you have a long and impressive resume.

potatolicious 12y ago

> "Same cannot be said for canada where its a lot more competitive. I learnt a lot without having to take any risks as my uni life was independent of my proffesional life." I disagree strongly. Literally thousands of 1A students at Waterloo get placed every single semester, and while 1A unemployment rates are higher than any other term, still only a minority of students cannot find a job that term. And nearly everyone finds something by their 1B term, putting them nowhere near at-risk from being held back. Finding someone willing to let you intern as a kid fresh out of high school and only a few months into university is hard, but it is not insurmountably hard. This is an opportunity, not a burden - you gain far stronger job-finding skills than you would if you already had an impressive background. Waterloo taught me more about hustle, presentation, honesty, spin, negotiation, and many other skills I'd never have learned had I already had strong credentials. The experience has made me a much, much stronger interviewee than most of the population, and has helped my career in huge ways. A friend of mine literally drove down highway 401 with a pile of resumes, stopping at local factories and engineering shops to personally hand it to a hiring manager. This is the sort of desperation - but also hustle - that most people are never faced with, especially in our field. It is also the type of hustle that keeps paying even after you have a long and impressive resume.