Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!whuts!spf From: spf@whuts.ATT.COM (Steve Frysinger of Blue Feather Farm) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: Re: Jobs? Message-ID: <5124@whuts.ATT.COM> Date: 30 Nov 88 15:11:39 GMT References: <28669@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Whippany NJ Lines: 16 > Is there any way for me to "get my feet wet" > before I enter the job market? Look into your school's Co-op program. These are programs in which you take a semester off from school and work full-time in a sponsoring company. It is possible to arrange your academic schedule so that it doesn't extend your grad date (if your hussle). It provides very valuable real-world experience, and also helps with the tuition. I co-oped with the US Environmental Protection Agency (by undergrad degree is in Environmental Physics), working there for 6 months full-time, and learned a tremendous amount. If my children elect to go to college, I will strongly encourage them to consider co-oping (whatever their fields). Good luck! Steve Frysinger