Would Northeastern be a good "investment"?

neuchimie
Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:27:05 +0000

I laughed pretty hard when I read the above comment on being selective, because it’s totally true. My co-op advisor talked me out of applying to several jobs that were “below me” because I had already done a co-op (and I’m very very glad she did). When I graduate next year, there is no way I’ll take a job lower than an analyst or a developer… For example, I did my first co-op at an investment firm on the team with the developers doing the SAME work they do, whereas most people who start off in the company are like 4 steps behind developers… doing pretty much data entry and database management (even with college degrees). So when my boss offered me a job after graduation, I made sure he meant on the developer team, NOT where everyone else starts off.