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I did 4 high-profile company internships (3-6 months each) in college (it was required, I went to a Canadian school where it was normal). Not trying to dox myself, so I will say it was 4 from {Uber, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook, Snap, Two Sigma, Jane Street, Stripe}. I honestly learned more during those internships than I have from my first 2 years at Google. I find it strange that I have to say I have 2 YOE when someone who didnāt do any internships can also say they have 2 YOE, but I have been working since ~2015 and they have been working since ~2019, yet that extra experience isnāt ācountedā. I feel like it should be when people post their YOE on here. Am I wrong?
Nah - theyāre watered down and you learn a lot but even if you do 4 thatās one yoe of basically ramping up. Theyāre good signal that thereās potential, but little that an individual has made any meaningful impact.
Ah, waterloo
I used to count it but explicitly mention how many years from internship. Made a good Intro to talking about experience.
It is not completely fair, nor is it completely unfair. I learnt a good bit of computer science from the university I went too. I mean, then everyone will start focusing only on colleges who want to teach the least, which is not a good idea in my opinion. Imagine, people choose a course at some ultra liberal university and do 7 software internships of 6 months each and can afford ignoring coursework completely because the university kept dummy exams. Fuck, it might not even be a CS course.
Who isnāt counting it? I donāt get it
Most people donāt. When you say 1 YOE they mean 1 year without internships, after graduating.
People meaning recruiters? How is this impacting you?