r/rutgers • u/ExperienceBrave6160 • 1d ago

cooked cs internation student cant even find a unpaid internship.

either im get a internship/reseacher/transfer to better school or im dropping out, this school and major sucks.

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u/tablecloths_ 1d ago

were you hoping that a better school would open more doors and give you more resources? plenty of cs students at rutgers get research and internship opportunities - there are resources here, you just have to take advantage of them. have you asked your peers about what they've done? they might be able to help

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u/Alternative_End_4742 23h ago

This job market is cooked. It's really hard to land an internship / entry-level job. And it's even harder for those on a visa. Not many companies are open to sponsorship. The policies of this dumpster fire of an administration have made things worse.

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u/tablecloths_ 23h ago

it's true that it's gotten a lot more difficult - so, what are you going to do about it? i do believe that with the right conversations and projects, op can land an unpaid internship or lab position. it's difficult to find sponsored paid opportunities, but they exist too - my friend got one, though in engineering not cs. it's worth a shot to see if anyone else has been in a similar situation. it's painful but you will pull through. if you’re not on your own side then who is??

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u/SuperNebula097 23h ago

Is this in swe or a different kind of engineering? Massive difference if so

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u/tablecloths_ 23h ago

yea startup swe

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u/SuperNebula097 23h ago

Yeah I was going to add that startups really are the way to go for entry at this point. No big firm is going to spend the extra sponsorship money if they can avoid it.