I tracked data for my 2021 and 2022 job searches using Notion databases. I love Notion :) Diagrams were built in Sankeymatic, and arranged together in Affinity Designer.

Looks like it went a bit better than last year, given that you had to apply to fewer places and received more offers. Congrats 😊

Getting that first internship really helps you get others. And the internships should make finding a real job much easier too.

Congrats on getting the internship. If you don't mind me asking, what's your education and age?

2nd year computer science major

It really does yeah. I thought it'd be harder because of the current state of the economy, but I guess that factor is far outweighed by having a past internship.

Wow, extremely impressive to get this many offers as a 2nd year. Maybe it’s different but in Engineering most people can’t get a single offer until their 3rd at minimum and often 4th because no company wants to invest in someone w/ that many years to go.

What software are you using for these visualizations?

sankeymatic.com

Thanks! Yeah, last year the process often felt quite demoralizing, but it's been much better this year.

I know a few ppl in 2nd year working at Tesla & Apple for mechanical/electrical engineering jobs. Crazy! But yeah generally it seems to be considerably more difficult for non-software engineering.

Damn! That’s incredibly impressive as well. I’m in structural/civil engineering and 2nd year internships are for the exceptional candidates w/ connections only pretty much. Don’t think I’ve ever heard of a civil engineering internship for a 1st year.

The company I work for doesn’t even consider candidates below senior and that’s somewhat standard I think.

Ah yeah that would explain it. Civil's tough — it has one of the lowest rates of ppl successfully getting internships, compared to 13 other engineering programs at my university

Internships are a one way ticket into the industry

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Glad it’s working out for you 😊

I hope I get my first co-op this summer 😅

Can people please stop posting their personal data 😭

or at least do it in another format

What do you mean by negotiations? How does an intern negotiate?

If they mention I'm currently a top candidate during the interview, I ask them about product/team placement, salary expectations, and benefits. They are usually flexible on the first two. This is when I mention I'm interviewing at XX other places offering $YY/hr so I try to push them 20-40% upwards in terms of pay depending on what they've already offered. It's not really any different from full-time offer negotiations.

did you have a F100 company under your belt in 2021? I only got one F100 offer this yr and like two interviews despite having a previous internship at a startup

It took me three years after graduating to get my job... And that required me to take a shitty warehouse job first and nag my manager for like four months to promote me into IT.

no, I didn't

what kind

Not sure I understand what you mean. Before 2021, I interned at a messy pre-seed startup that never really got far. The 2021 job search led to me interning at a startup with 100+ employees and around $100M in funding raised.

oh I see, I guess it was just a skill issue with my resume then

>2021, I interned at a messy pre-seed startup that never really got far. The 2021 job search led to me interning

wait so you straight up had an internship in 12th grade of HS?

Yeah but it was so unorganized and I barely did anything except a bit of work making a few React components, so I would barely consider it one.

I agree, I struggled greatly through my computer science degree (QLD - Aus) and graduated completely lost with no clue if I was even capable of working in IT or what path to start on.

My wife is a radiographer and had mandatory hospital work throughout her entire degree, I think something similar would’ve done wonders for my confidence.

Ended up securing a graduate position in government and the whole ordeal was much easier than my brain told me it would’ve been.

They do? It’s called co-op.

What data visualization software you use for these plots?

sankeymatic.com

Thank you 💜🏴‍☠️

No one wants to take a chance on a freshman. Tbh I wouldn't either if I ran a company. They're too much of an unknown

Does this show people becoming more desperate and therefore less strict