Co-op was a weirdly disorienting time for a lot of reasons, but I've done hundreds of interviews at PagerDuty, and UW co-ops are a lot better for it. I strongly

Co-op was a weirdly disorienting time for a lot of reasons, but I've done hundreds of interviews at PagerDuty, and UW co-ops are a lot better for it. I strongly prefer to hire them (Hiring! SF! Toronto! Yay! http://l.euri.ca/1Htzmav http://l.euri.ca/1Htzmav ). Working at 3+ places for 4-8 months isn't a perfect substitute for years of experience, but it's a huge improvement over school projects.