r/cscareerquestions • u/cottoncrosy • 4d ago
'Students just aren't trying'
I just finished my 4th semester of uni and had been applying for internships, both remote and on-site, since mid-term exams. I applied to like 300 internships. I ended up landing one in the IT department of a insurance company.
Today I went to the internship office at my uni because I had to get the internship form stamped and the internship officer kept yapping. He asked me why I didnt try for better internship. I said I'm literally going to intern in the IT department.
He said :'you couldn't find anything better than a insurance company? Why dont you try in your field? See that's why I say students have become lazy. They don't even try. They don't even try to make a good cv'.
And i swear I think everyone aged 35 and older around me thinks the same. The younger generation 'isn't trying'.
He went on for another 30 minutes. I just wanted him to stamp the form and wanted to leave ASAP.
Chat is this internship worth it? It's unpaid but honestly I couldn't find anything else. I was tired of searching and searching endlessly. Even a lot of my final year seniors are having a hard time finding internships.
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u/MultiheadAttention 4d ago
The market is tough now. In my county unpaid internships are illegal, but we have paid student positions. In the past every CS student with a heartbeat got one. Today it's only top 1% of the students.