This is exactly the type of student that I figured companies would want, but
having gone through two interview processes already, it doesn't seem that way.
Even though I have landed two jobs so far, companies seem to be going for the
students with good grades. The type of student who you described ("but I did
all the work and got good grades etc...") is EXACTLY what the majority of my
class (and a lot of EE classes now) is like, and is rather depressing quite
frankly. Hardly any of them are interested in pursuing projects on their own
time... yet some of them have landed considerably better jobs (could be also
because lying on resumes seems to be a common practice now). It makes me wonder
what kind of Engineers we are producing for tomorrow.

Quoting Olin Lathrop <olin_piclist@EMBEDINC.COM>:

> > Yes, but not totally.  I got my first internship based on enthusiasm and
> > some of the home projects I was working on.  Tinkering isn't a waste of
> > time.  I had many classmates that thought the hours spent in  EE lab
> > were unproductive; I didn't think they were enough, so I supplimented
> > them with other projects.  The fact that you enjoy doing this kind of
> > work enough to pursue it in leasure hours can go a long way to this
> > "proof".
>
> I agree.  I've occasionally interviewed EE students coming out of school.
> One of the things I always look for is what kind of projects they did on
> the side that weren't required in school.  Any kid truly interested in EE
> will have done a number of personal projects.  Any EE graduate that didn't
> is trying to go into the wrong career.  I've actually had students tell me
> "but I did all the required work and got good grades, what more was I
> supposed to do".  Those were short interviews.
>
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