What are your strengths? -- PICs? Other programming? Digital? Analog? General computer engineering? Cheers, -Neil. > -----Original Message----- > From: pic microcontroller discussion list > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Jai Dhar > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 8:39 PM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: [AD]: Co-op student for hire (me)! > > > Hi everyone, > > Just before I write the rest of this, I'm sorry if this is not > appropriate > [AD] material. Going by some of the other posts that involve > companies looking > for Engineers, it seems appropriate, but I'm not sure. This is > more a case of > an Engineer looking for a company :-) > > Anyway, I am currently attending the University of Waterloo in > Canada, and am > in their co-op program for Computer Engineering. I will be > returning to study > this summer for 4 months, and will be going through the co-op > process to find a > job in September. Unfortunately, as a lot of you may know, the market is > horrible right now, especially here in Ontario. The last place > companies seem > to be looking now are for co-op students, even from Universities who offer > quite reputable Engineers (Waterloo). > > Although I will be going through the co-op process, I thought I > would give the > list a try to see if anyone in the Ontario region (preferrably) > is willing to > hire a co-op student.. or if they know anyone who does. I won't > bother the list > with boring details to sell myself, but if anyone would like more > information > about me, please email me offlist. > > Just as a last word, I don't understand why co-op students > aren't sought out > more. Generally, we offer very cheap labor (relatively), and are > capable of > learning very quickly. While it's true that the first few weeks/months are > usually 'wasted' from a companies perspective, training the > student that is, > the student can become a valuable resource to the company in the > future. Maybe > there is more to it, I obviously haven't seen the whole world > yet, but these > are the points that stick out the most to me. > > > Thank you, and I apologize again if this is inappropriate. > > Jai > > > ---------------------------------------- > This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses] > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics