Inc freshman, dw if you’re cracked
Been seeing a lot of posts about the co-op programs state, so as a cs major who just finished first year I thought I’d give my perspective:
If you’re cracked, you have nothing to worry about.
I’m very much in a bubble where all my friends not only landed coop, but really good ones. I have the worst coop of all my friends with ~30/hr at a big bank.
A lot of them met prior to uni simply because they attended so may hackathons in hs that you end up seeing the same people. Same thing applies to during uni, their are freshman who knew and went to socratica symposium and there are those who didn’t (one of my friends got his coop through socratica)
Also if your thinking that your cooked your literally not. you can start rn and be fine. it just takes effort. Go to the events (did you know this week is Toronto tech week?) reach out to upper class man. And when you get here don’t just coast. One of my friends literally only started learning how to code this time last year and he landed an offer 100hr+ CAD. (First year)
This isn’t really an advise post but just a PSA. If you are/get cracked you literally have nothing to worry about. and my definition of cracked is literally just doing all the right things: going to the major events/hackathon, joining the design teams, taking coursework seriously and coding on your own time and building.
Ffs I just saw that one of your classmates landed Shopify for the summer. an INCOMING student. Interning at shopify. Guess what? I met her last fall at a tech event, funny how that works.
Just don’t bedrot and coast and you literally will be fine. Enjoy your summer but when you get here, just don’t be a bum.
Join the bubble ✌️