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low competition here so it’ll stay this way
yup sigh
of all the times id build a saas non ai startup i think this would be the last time
maybe like 5 years ago was prime
regardless
i also dont wanna be putting up 80hr work weeks
even if its for my own company
Reach zon
you still gonna need to pay canadian taxes even working there as long as you keep canadian ties
That’s untrue
Canada takes their cut difference after you pay US taxes
having a bank account here counts as a tie
That’s not how they determine it in practice and as long as you are not a resident of any province you are fine. Canadian federal taxes are lower than US federal taxes on the higher levels of income
You may need to file if you have tie but you never need to pay the difference
Okay so 1. Practically it’s easier to sever ties than closing all bank accounts etc even if your spouse and children are in Canada you can become non tax resident
2. If you sever ties you don’t need to pay taxes earned outside Canada
The province shit I said was not entirely accurate to think about now but there is almost nobody who is paying Canadian taxes for all their income on TN-1 lol
But like if you are outside Canada 365 days, do you need to pay tax to any province? Kind of warrants a research
Fusion Data platform
Sir can you transfer me 1000 dollars
Anyone interview for Nokia before?
team dependent
int, usually just res related
Anyone get Amazon OA for winter sde intern?
i did, did you do it
I didnt even get it 🥀
sheesh
What school are you?
uoft
Do you think the roll out is by school? I dont have anything
Congrats and good luck!
not sure, I do think they have a pref for certain schools tho
Oh which schools do you think?
loo ubc uoft
im waterloo 😭
I wanna move to Cali 
ft zonami has come and gone I see 
boooooo
their loss (
)
hey not all of us can work at the best company in the world
is it worth to have a portfolio website ?
indeed gang 🙏
Long term? I haven’t yet
nope short
yeap
probably rolling basis
uhh I think early sept?
dont recall tbh
the short term can be either for winter or summer
at least thats what I was told
I didnt get an oa, not sure about others
The interview is usually a leetcode and some theoretical technical questions
So maybe brush up on ur compilers
And practice leetcode
But I hear it’s usually easy leetcode
alr guts
Ur welcome Morbius
💀
leetcode skills be rusty 
but glad it’s usually easies
U got an int too? What pos?
you too?
Nah no compiler, I got long term int
which field then for the long term? ml or smth?
ye, gl for the int
You too
anyone heard back from uber?
hey @rancid mica did you do your lyft interview or not yet?
for summer?
summer google toronto office
that’s early
i think it's pretty normal
acc tbf they released them really early it makes sense
yeah
Does anyone have amazon tagged leetcode questions?
1realkingjon
what other banks are there
aren't you basically just asking if td has sent out procs
or like tangerine
wsp brodigy
how come ur going for banks?
u should try for thescore
its better than banks
and ive seen a lot of people go from thescore to msft hubspot zon
when ur 2nd year u lowk gotta take whatever u can get
anyone knows how long google swe intern process takes after doing the interviews?
idk ybg don
wtf did bro just say
ong
They are not really hiring this year I’ve heard
anyone done js r1
for swe?
yes
i did mle r1 but they’re the same process
dym sending alpha in dms? or here if ur fine w it
i can trade bb or msft iyw
what is alpha 💀
bruh seriously
which mod warned me 😭
cmon bro theres 50 messages a day abt this in proc channel
interview questions
uh oh where is the police
alpha is from finance, just means not all information is widely available so if you get it you will beat the market
alpha = R_i - [R_f + beta_i (R_m - R_f)]
where R_i = portfolio return, R_f = risk-free rate, R_m = market return, and beta_i = portfolio beta.
hope that helps
contribute to the conveyor belt bro
contribute to the fries in the bag lil bro :/
fk this server fr you bunch of ngmi larpers. my mental health is at an all time low bc of you. next time think about your actions and their consequences.
fk this server fr you bunch of ngmi larpers. my mental health is at an all time low bc of you. next time think about your actions and their consequences.
avg Canada interview
fuck my Sunlife interviewer man
I prob won’t do it
asked me illegal stuff
But like what is pay
Like 100% < 35 right
Maybe not 100%
anyone
I got 32.5💀 wtf
what year
S24?
No like what year were you
Oh okok
What company
Okta
lucky
Last year, they had 2 1-hour interviews (Both LC)
and each interview had a single question
this time, they say its sys design + coding and a single 1-hour interview
W
any advice on what to make of this
one hour for coding + sys design makes no sense
and previously their thing was one hour for a single lc question
like what
Intern or ft?
intern
Gg
they said 'real world' problem
I doubt its LC
whats ur prev?
Bro wants to downgrade to Okta after meta 💀
Nah okta is chill
bruh i need meta for okta?
or even US
Nah, I had friend who was 2x sunlife and got Okta
wait what about interns?
No return?
have*
what 😭
Nope, again, looking for companies that will give Canada for full time
a bunch of ppl who got reach out for intern, who said they can't do TN just got straight rejected
I think they changed policy or something since the time I interned
lmfaoo... you could xD
gambit prob worth it tho no?
cuz if u fumble and they find out u can just plead ignorance
correct, but they ask if you are TN eligible anyway
why let someone intern if they are of no use to you 4 months down the line
again, I did this as an international, but no guarantee IMO
yea maybe
lol i understand,thanks guys
contributor @ cscareersdev on resume 🤔
they smell the stench
Anyone got any updates for Morgan Stanley Summer 2026 Technology Analyst Intern Canada after their superday?
why the frick is no one sponsoring anymore
j-1?
did anyone get an interview for intact IT Architect summer 2026?
Got one for ai dev
It’s just the 30 min right
ybg don 
ybg don
W
Not even worth then
I think it's gonna be similar to industry coding assessment from codesignal, highly doubt it's gonna be an actual system design for an intern role
anyone who did a google interview for swe intern 2026 get a lc hard question 💀💀
bro I did it dp but not the most optimal way for mine and I search up the problem and the same one on lc is marked as hard 😭
I wonder if they put that into consideration 💔
it’s wraps gang
jk
wait u just need to do well on one of the 2 rounds
and u get a second chance
oh
mmm
pray i guess
i think the minimal ask is write correct code that would pass all test cases if ran
u might be fine if u didn’t get optimal
mmmm don’t take my word for it
i just think it’s likely fine
out of the 3 rounds u need to do well on 2
I'll just wait and see
yeah gl tho
was that ur 3rd interview?
also was it for waterloo?
ngmi 💔
Collecting them all gangy
Leave some processes for us
did anyone hear back from stripe university recruiting after hackrank OA?
did you get your interview scheduled? @wispy oyster
how was the oa? boutta do it tmr
would 4 million dollars be enough?
i don't have whatsapp :/
could you call my cell?
my number is 1-613-737-1111
im going to need some serious equity if we're going to go in business
why do u know it off the top ur head tho
prolly a fatty
they have a jingle
hard
damn recruiter messaged me about a role at MLSE
😭
ill give u a jingle
👀 🔥
Ng or intern?
i just got the oa
they are very slow and i only got response maybe 1 month after OA, I think for zon you have to be patient
their intern hiring isn't the fastest in the industry
anyone in mtl looking for embedded system role? i can refer
anyone hear back from wealthsimple after the pair programming interview / know how long it takes to get a response
I got reject email few days after
Nah and did it over week ago
how do u think u did
i did it ~1 week ago too now
haven't heard back
oh nvm
i read that as u got a reject from ws
but yeah how did it go for u
Solved all 3 but accidentally put return inside a loop in Q2 and wasted 5mins and interviewer just told me the issue to save time
Did u get the rover question or the transactions one
Transactions
Loo?
Nope
Nobody upgrades after Amazon I’ve heard
anyone hear back from roblox?
They’ve done hiring long ago
check dms
Rip
what'd you score??
Passed all
ye
I rushed the behavioural
maybe cause of that
typical high concientiousness openess answers
balanced openness and lowish eq
I think behaviorals mattered hella
cause i didn't pass all cases
i was expecting rej already
They added an extra behavioral test since last year
A lot of the qs are like trick qs too
i assume the passing metric is automated right
just tallies behav + coding portion?
Gonna crashout
Zon rec emailed me saying since I applied to Canada I can’t do Bellevue
I’m doomed to Canada zon
- I have to reintrvirw
I guess that means Amazon intern is limited to one location
Rippppp
yyz mogs
Yea lemme just take 50% less pay and 30% more tax
yeah lifes fun like that
do it for the love of the game
No one does Amazon Canada for the love of the game 🙏🙏
didnt u get meta ro bro
No 😔✋
latp
I am
really? i literally applied to all positions idk
kinda over for canada
I don’t think it’s possible to get USA proc and Canada proc
From what recruiter told me
yuh
I knew a friend who did, they asked him to only interview for one, so he had to choose
Thank you for your patience. The design and coding sections won't be completely separate, but somewhat combined into a single question. Hope this helps. Best of Luck next week.
So either its implementation (would be blessed)
or its class design (definitely more blessed than most of other LC)
yeah, I'll grind some of the design ques on LC and call it a day
Does anyone have anything for uber Canada?
no 💔
I have a coupon code for uber eats
i got 10% off my next ride
anyone know if i should just wait for a rejection at this point?
applied for msft van intern ~1.5 months ago and amazon van intern 2 weeks ago — still no OA
zon told me to shake my booty
has anyone interviewed for mastercard vancouver new grad?
Yea
Some it company
2 interviews
Behavioral phone then technical with manager
They use ruby
U need to be in coop program
can anyone hook a brotha up with leetcode company list
new grad? never heard back and applied with referral :/
Which company?
Intern
Applied back in early September and didn’t get the OA till last week
New grad prob more competitive
theres 2,400 questions
i would just want to see the last 6 months asked
idek if they're helpful but if i have time i might glance at them
same bruv tough life 🙁
thanks
technical like leetcode? or technical questions
Dang bro that sucks. Uwaterloo?
Has anyone had success cold emailing recruiters?
yes
i got my curr and winter intern doing this
Thank you. Would you mind if I send u a private dm so u can share more?
what did you say to them?
i simply explained why i was a perfect fit for the role
and how I had professional, and extracurricalar experience that directly applies to the current role
lol
im a bot twin
fr?
i sent out maybe like 50 and got 20 replies
try targetting Hiring Managers and Senior Swes
it's easier
not too late, but ur window is definetely closing
i don't use a template, i personalize each
ill send you a ss of what I wrote to a HM
cold e-mail -> my resume on HR desk -> offer
orz
hopefully i didn't leak shit lol
name is fine its ok
idgaf
i think contacting EMs and Senior Swes are Higher ROI
HR always get e-mails, so it's lower response rate
startups love that shit
im surprised you got no responses
I did the same thing for a toronto startup
got a interview
i bombed that shit tho lol
good luck
same bruh i need a winter role
anyone hear back yet for intuit in the winter
resume are still being reviewed apparently
hi jon
wsp
do you know how many interns they take per term
damn thats a rlly small cohort okok
ye they took in like 8 marketing tho
Hopefully they start sending out proc starting next weekish
How do u find these people? Look for Hiring Manager on LinkedIn?
Can you send it to me too please
it's in the chat broski
thx bro, I missed it wile scrolling. My goat. I got my first internship talking to my TA who happened to know an Eng at a start up.
Then I snowballed that into another internship 16 month. Im trying to land one for Big Tech now. But things aren't look too hot. LOL I thought with 2 years worth of internship I would get more hits, at least for OAs, but I havent got shit. LOL
Respect te grind though. What tool did you use to find their emails? RocketReach?
this only works if ur waterloo
UWaterloo?
gng u know im not waterloo 😂
u should try it u have eye catching prevs
but if i failed a company proc then i cold emailed for another term to reinterview
worked like twice that ive tried
just put ex prevs in the Subject line
I've seen this work before
just on LinkedIn, people would hit up their previous notion recruiter or other company
to get another interview
shake your booty
emoji + flex ur prev/accomplishment + Hoping for 15 minutes of your time
🍔 i can build a big mac in 10 secs ; hoping for 15 minutes of your time
you forgot to flex ur prevs let me fix it for u
🍔 [prev-arbys, wendys] i can build a big mac in 10 secs ; hoping for 15 minutes of your time
i prefer to stay humble
there u go
oh thanks
gonna try this new strat
No leetcode
if it makes u feel better i declined it
thanks
U declined microsoft? I got straight rejection broski
if it makes u feel better i declined it
I feel sm better. LOOL
LMAO
A Chad. Respect
if it makes u feel better i declined @unreal field
ik, u also declined to be friends w me
mfs get a tier above and forget abt u
🥀
is rbc offers alr out for t&o div?
Ye
Has anybody ever done the 2 technicals for Morgan Stanley Technology Summer Analyst Program
🎓🚀 I built an operating system for Waterloo students! 🎓🚀
There are so many tools scattered across sites, group chats, and random spreadsheets that it is hard to know what actually helps. So I pulled everything into one clean place.
Meet uwOS: a macOS Launchpad-style web app that puts the best Waterloo tools at your fingertips in on...
holy loo
@safe light @inner trench get a load of this
that’s insane
wait this is just a site with links to other sites
nevermind lol
until i realize its just a couple links
same lmao
yea loo kid got me
lmao he baited me too 😢
you can't call it an operating system just cause you used some css to arrange buttons in a tile format 😭
lol
its loo
they can do anything
Who wants nulname banned for his crimes against humanity
i bring tc to this server
in times of high unemployment
Yep he’s good enough for FAANG
Goatname is here to stay buddy
so many shopifolk interns in the comment sectrion holy crap
wait this giy works at shopify
let me go stalk his diffs
and see if hes a fraud

im on the metro
havent checked uet
but i see sidekick and i have a bad feeling lol
for google interviews past questions are irrelevant they can ask litearlly anything, seems like graph/trees are very common this year tho so id sharpen up on that
bienvenue a la STM ❤️
what does this mean
did anyone here back after uber oa?
2026 swe intern toronto
also anyone interviewing for block swe intern
please hmu
its shopify like ai assisntant
i like that team tbh
do you guys submit cover letters
Hell na
hell yeah
ask your recruiter and i think most people actually get what they asked for
unless it's niche af
the sorbet shit seems lit
i want to do an issue but dont know c++
also ruby is more trash than python too, so one pr in ruff counts as 10 in sorbet
Is the market this year better than 2023 or 2024
far worse
far worse than 23???
Does shopify have ng apps or can u only get ng from ro?
ro only
way worse
seems like plenty of people from shop are working on it tho
more shop than anything
who..?
sorbet takes forever to index 😭
yes its awful
im ft shop and ft meta next november
technically yes but i go in office
not try
trt
@stark cipher you're ft at shop while in UNI?
Nah I thought you graduated for some reason... but now that I think of it, we are at meta last term, so its not possible that you already graduated lol
Why
it just
feels very slow
idk why
and hc seems to be non existent
or i just have a major skill issue
i got more procs with meta on resume but general ng sentiment doesnt feel too hot
Yeah I agree with this
but idk man, I feel like I really got screwed over
no db, no msft, no google, a bunch of other rej as well
no its like
idid get pretty much every process iwanted
but it just feels
off this yea id kwhy
check under ur bed
let me view a bit of this guys content
before i say too much
maybe he isnt one of those annoying content creators
one day i will fuck myself over by posting content where the content creator is in this server
idk bro i find these
cs "influencers" very icky
esp since most of them arent "cracked" by any measure
lmfao
Didn’t he get caught copying someone’s content
i think so
but i dont have ig so i dont really watch his content anymore
other than people showing it to me
He posts on YouTube too
Lmaooo
I can’t hate bro he a hustler
Bros making that sweet ad revenue money
And sponsor deals
😭
Aren’t we all 😔
lol
remind me to not meet duck irl
I wanna meat duck irl
do u have rizz?
Same
i sold all my abg processes for meta
he lying
he better not be bringing non shopifolk in
ill suck some dih rn for a referral
management engineering 💔💔
I can look at this PRs for yall 🐧
😭😭😭
happy to refer you to doordash ||$10 off your first purchase||
food is good and no gym
If you already accepted an offer and say u get a better offer can u take the better offer?
yeah u can reneg
even if you've signed on it?
Yeah
but for some companies you could get blacklisted
any company that does that is ngmi anyway
What about reneging on company giving sponsorship
If you get US offer and sign it and then later get another better US offer
Have to do it before both DS2019s become active
Or get sent for approval
☹️ mogged by an 11 year old
Has anyone done the infoblox OA for SWE for full time?
Cyber security company
if ure already in visa process its cooked
check dm dawg
Same…
hi, any databricks canada here?
💔
i saw him a while ago for halloween event
his parents took him trick or treating
he cant be 11 forever 🥀
im like no way this dude mogging me
is he not 12 by now
i think he was like 9-10 then
bro at 9 years old I was figuring out multplcation i swear
bro is collecting all top canadian tech companies
how is this dude running through all swe internships
i wonder if he gonna start working fulltime at like 14 or do masters or phd or smth
lol imagine ur coworker is 14
same pay as u
and u some 40 year old unc
would be insane
if he really enjoys it then big ups to him
but ik some other ppl that were gifted kids just did it because their parents forced them to
He was in process a while before us though right
Has anyone got an offer from stripe here?
i can't even get an oa bro
no way this is the case lol
when you're 14, your dream isnt to get into big tech lmao, your dream is to be an olympic champion or some shit
sure but how many 14 year olds have had experience in tech
14 year olds do sports so they want to be super good at sports
when i was 14 i wanna to be a fortnite pro 🔥
i'm sure his dream isn't to get into big tech anyways it's probably just to be a founder or some shit
Is this about that Osher guy
ye
That guy is a fraud
Or so I've heard from some ppl who worked with him
His parents are managing all his social media apparently
do u expect an 11 year old to grind linkedin
no way
It's kinda sad actually
what incentive does shopify have to do that
No idea
billion dollar company takes bribe
Pr?
good PR
he still got into uw
interns cost next to nothing to hire
idt they bribed uw committee to let him in
theres some sort of credibility there
and its not like ws interview was difficult
it was like lc easy
but again at 11 years old i was learning like improper fractions
😂
Idk if I believe the bribing stuff
Same lol but I wanna know how far are people in the proc 😭
yea thinking about it
hed have failed uw cs if he was fraud
dude
im borderline failing
obviously they manage his socials lmao
All I've been told is the ppl mentoring him at his companies said he doesn't know anything
but do you really believe hand to god that if all you did all day was grind and stuff, that you wouldnt be able to understand all this?
I think it would be chill lol
And when he's on zoom calls he asks his parents off screen for what to say
i don't think that's true
if i was grinding cs at 11 id probably grow up depressed
some dude who did a hackathon with him said he was aight
Interesting
or project
just who won at soccer
yeah
i think it would be too hard to keep up charades
he definitely wasn't the worst intern at shop i can tell u that much
even if not, there is pass req lol
yeah
i think at 11 if i slaved math all day I could maybe understand python and coding
id probably hate my life tho
yea I agree w these takes
I can believe that, hes probably grinding cs as much as he can, but what ive been told by a friend who knows his mentor was that he definitely wasnt actually qualified for the position
😭
and also that his mentor did not have a good time
the kid was asking a lot of questions which i guess is a good thing cause hes learning
its just that it was like really rudimentary questions
i gotta know who this kids parents are
yes dude
people glaze this guy
but hes not allat
bruh
Is Microsoft relocation stipend always 10k USD?
resumed leetcoding
kinda give up on making projects because of weird rust experimental feature bug...
no job
no
no
like network what
ok but my next job is amazon intern ro
like i cannot find better
r u larping as canadian or something
what canadian universities have uni employer events
oh amd's actually not that bad
i can't even find a winter job to soham too
want to take 3 courses while working
and idc ro
bro @inland moss give up on leetcode you’ve done enough
make some crazy projects and shi
idk how to make crazy project ngl
https://github.com/InvalidPathException/wagmi
i did this and found out rust's TCO is completely fucked up
An in-place Wasm interpreter written in Rust. Contribute to InvalidPathException/wagmi development by creating an account on GitHub.
this seems to be the best thing i got
i dont like frontend
ngmi more like
idk either but just try to find one idea u are passionate about building and just perfect it and then get users and u gonna pass every resume screen
idk bro im like 1 year from grad too
26 grad?
yeah Lwk too late for anything better than zon
unlesss startup
you could ultra target a startup company if u want
Build a project similar to the product
like for a foreigner in tech, i think im missing out bigly if i get canadian citizenship but not utilize for tn-1 lol
wagmi
do u have one yet?
gmi
in process
yes
Applied for citizenship already?
yeah
but yeah also cooked by citizenship and j-1 shit i was hoping it'd be done by now
Nice
it’s ok work zon for year or two then dip
yeah ig
prob when he finished masters he will switch
then he's now double gmi
yeah thought so
im like trying to do very random open source shits nowadays
truncating shits in output
shit idk frontend
im doomed
True
True
im more doomed
reaching 200 lc hard although i think i cheated in like 10
and there are another 10 dp i did memoization
any1 got tips or info regarding c1 canada interview for winter 25? swe mobile eng its 1h technical 1h behavioural
its not like that power day 4h shi but i honestly dk how to prep
Does anyone know by chance if Nokia would push a winter offer into summer
holy orz
I’ve been working on a hard since yesterday and ts lowk graping me
If you’ve been stuck for 20-30 mins look at answer
No point to waste time if u can’t get it in 20 mins
Yeah just don’t do the question on same day if you look
Hi,
We are unable to change this offer to an off-season internship. We only have an off-season co-op as an option for University of Waterloo and Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM).
This offer is for a summer internship only.
Let me know if I can provide any additional clarification!
Thanks,
Waterloo wins again😔
Waterloo: 1,000,000 McMaster: 0💔
I didn’t know loo was so privledged
ITESM is on the come up
wtf is itesm
Which company is this for?
anyone do the robinhood recruiter screening?
hey has anyone done an in person tech interview at solace
Microsoft Redmond Fullstack Summer
Not sure if this is the right channel, but does anyone know if Meta tagged list is accurate?
anyone received response from google waterloo?
new grad or intern?
@safe light
Ng is cooked ☹️
If u don’t have an RO bro just pray
which company?
shopify?
anyone interviewed with carfax
Anyone get int from zon Canada after oa
mf said pray
we sliming you out jon
Is it for intership
@high path
Hi
which role
Swe
When did y give ur OA? I meant internship or NG
Anyone got Zon swe FTE? How long did u wait after your final round?
a week ago or osmething and internship
We need to infiltrate big tech with recruiters from our own lowly universities to take down UW from the inside
Should have studied harder in high school buddy
The best of the best deserve better treatment
im gonna slime u out
Aren’t they done sending OAs
i only checked my email today 💀
i got it 3 days ago
1/10 bait
lyft is ah
sorry bro i was just tryna ragebait
It worked
lyft is goated ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
W duck
ngl fuck lyft
fuck loo
tbh fuck msft too
msft is now on my never work for company ever
i will never forgive MSFT and I will never forgive loo
yeah you need therapy
U got Lyft?
ng
Ye
Why
damnn good stuff
If we won't rise to the injustice against us, who will?
we cannot let the loo students win...
we must fight
Dw I’m tearing the loo name down from the inside by bombing interviews
I remember 2 years ago I had an ibm interview finish 30 mins early cuz I couldn’t answer anything
Genuinely worst interview of my life
30 mins of trivia about like random languages I listed on my resume to pass ATS
What about ITESM?
We need co-conspirators from within the wolf's den. Thank you brother
Idk what that is
would yall take a data engineer role at wealthsimple over swe at scotiabank ?
yes
why
come on, give me something tangible to think about
data engineer at ci financial in their wealth management team is better?
1-2 yoe
reg hire
whats the role description
for data engineer
where u wanna be in 5 years
CI Financial is looking for individuals with an automation and optimization mindset, that are curious and determined to dig and learn, with a strong interest in Data Engineering, focusing on designing, developing, and optimizing scalable data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and data integration solutions using modern tools and technologies.
Some of the responsibilities include:
Collaborate with business teams and Data Analysts to gather and understand requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives and data needs
Translate business needs into detailed technical requirements in collaboration with subject matter experts (SMEs) to ensure accuracy and feasibility.
Recommend and design scalable, efficient, and effective data architectures and workflows to support current and future business requirements.
Design, develop, and maintain data assets to enable seamless extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL/ELT) processes from diverse data sources, making data accessible to client-facing applications, data warehouses, and internal tools.
Ideal candidates would have a strong knowledge of SQL, Python and ETL/ELT workflows.
ive historically been a swe, ci financial reached out and said to apply and i did i think ill have the offer pretty soon but just checking to see what i can do with this role in the next 5 years because i genuinely dont know if theres a cap in wages eventually or there arent enough data engineer roles out there
i just dont want to limit my options for the future
The other uni that Microsoft gives off-term co-ops to alongside UW
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not because of the role
