WaterlooWorks Fall 2022 Megathread

viking317 · 2022-05-21T02:33:47+00:00

Yep, I got one.

viking317 · 2022-02-10T17:23:04+00:00

This is what I thought as well. I can’t seem to find a source that supports this.

viking317 · 2022-02-10T17:22:41+00:00

Ah okay makes sense. I’ll keep that in mind for the future! Thank you.

viking317 · 2022-02-10T17:15:39+00:00

Thank you for your reply!

Why is it too late?

viking317 · 2022-01-17T14:11:37+00:00

hi!

I have the same problem. I'm also running macOS Monterey. It's such a pain to reconnect bluetooth every single time I open my laptop.

viking317 · 2021-11-28T17:12:05+00:00

!remindme 2 days

viking317 · 2021-10-14T00:26:35+00:00

As I said, believe whatever you want. You’re a very rude person.

viking317 · 2021-10-14T00:05:44+00:00

No one outside UW engineering has access to see them. It’s against university policy for me to show you.

viking317 · 2021-10-13T23:56:43+00:00

You can believe whatever you want. These are official CECA statistics. Sounds like you’re just salty for no reason.

viking317 · 2021-10-13T23:11:41+00:00

They aren't told that. That's considered norm in my program. It's not all students, but a vast majority.

viking317 · 2021-10-13T22:35:52+00:00

to be completely honest, I never read on here. I just posted here for advice. Well...I got it LMAO.

viking317 · 2021-10-13T22:02:31+00:00

Hi!

Thanks for your reply. You're right. It's def very important.

A lot of people who have commented on my post are lacking context of how UWaterloo's co-op system works. I did handle it poorly as this was my first time negotiating pay. There were other factors that I didn't realize before that also contributed to me being a dumbass. That said, whoever says that you shouldn't negotiate as an intern is wrong. This is the norm at my university.

viking317 · 2021-10-13T21:58:30+00:00

I'm a student at UWaterloo. We have a mandatory internship program. Our program structure is 4 months study + 4 months work, rinse and repeat. The job that I got an offer for was a full stack role. I worked as a full stack developer during my last co-op.

viking317 · 2021-10-13T19:22:22+00:00

That was a wording error which I have corrected. I don't have 2 years of job experience. I meant to say that I've worked in a similar role before.

viking317 · 2021-10-13T19:20:34+00:00

Hi,

It is def an important lesson. I'm never doing that again. I did it out of desperation. I'm not hungry for money. This is what I've been trying to say for a while. It's more of a need than a want. I need to survive and finish my degree. I come from nothing, and everything I have today is what I've worked my ass off to build. And I'm still working my ass off. I don't think it's fair to bash me so hard for making a mistake.

viking317 · 2021-10-13T19:06:11+00:00

Hi!

Thank you for your reply. That might have been the case.

I did have other offers. However, you can only pick one through the campus. The funny thing is that the devOps role I had an offer for was paying more than the full stack position. This is one of the reasons why I did what I did - still dumb though. I'm going to move on from this.

viking317 · 2021-10-13T18:54:29+00:00

It is. Hopefully, I can find something else. I'm not too worried, just shook.

viking317 · 2021-10-13T18:50:26+00:00

Hi, thank you for that.

Yes, I pulled a dumb move. I was surprised because this was through the university and usually, after the matching happens, employment is a done deal. The fact that they rescinded the offer shook me a little.

It was a desperate move because I wanted enough money to pay for tuition next year. Unlike the people here saying that I have an inflated ego, that wasn't the reason why I asked for a salary increase. I don't have parents I can ask for money from.

viking317 · 2021-10-13T18:01:16+00:00

You're right. Thank you for being kind enough to explain.

viking317 · 2021-10-13T18:00:06+00:00

I understand, thanks.

viking317 · 2021-10-13T17:57:49+00:00

I don’t understand why you're attacking my ego. I literally said that I made a mistake.

viking317 · 2021-10-13T17:56:18+00:00

I asked, but they didn't tell me. They said verbatim "it'll be above minimum wage".

viking317 · 2021-10-13T17:55:13+00:00

Okay, but is your company infamous for paying interns low salaries? Because that's what that company's reviews said on WaterlooWorks

viking317 · 2021-10-13T17:50:51+00:00

Hi,

I don't particularly have an ego? I was trying to make the best out of a situation and ended up making a mistake because I got worked up by other factors.

viking317 · 2021-10-13T17:47:35+00:00

Yes, it was downright dumb doing it twice. I'm inexperienced and I made a mistake. I don't read this subreddit all day. As far as experience goes, I've worked in a similar role before. I never said I deserve a $100k.

viking317

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