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The Ideal Work Term Progression for Computer Engineers, part III

Part three in a series of six on what you should be doing for each work term in order to get the best jobs with the best companies in your last few co-op terms when doing a co-op program at the University of Waterloo.
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The Ideal Work Term Progression for Computer Engineers, part II

Part two in a series of six on what you should be doing for each work term in order to get the best jobs with the best companies in your last few co-op terms when doing a co-op program at the University of Waterloo.
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The Ideal Work Term Progression for Computer Engineers, part I

With their Computer Engineering degrees now complete, my classmates (and I, in a sense) are now working at – or searching for – their first permanent full-time jobs.  Looking back on the journey that got us where we are, the one thing that stands out between my classmates is the experience they got while on [...]
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Writing an Excellent (Software Engineering) Work Report

Writing a work report is something that students in co-op at the University of Waterloo will do a handful of times throughout their degree.  Unlike the literal interpretation of “work report”, for engineers these reports require the analysis of a situation the student encountered over their work term in order to evaluate their engineering judgment [...]
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The Interview Stats are In

Talk to any co-op at Waterloo and they’ll tell you that the best, and the worst, thing about Waterloo is co-op.  Sure, you get the opportunity to work with some of the best companies around (anywhere), and if you’re lucky (or in Engineering) you can graduate without any debt — but it can be quite [...]
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