Personally speaking, cooperative education has changed my life for the better. In highschool I was volunteered to work at a photofinishing retail store. It wasn't my cup of tea, but I procrastinated in picking out my own choice of brew.
Anyhow, I completed a semester of the co-op work, learning plenty of photofinishing and ended up working for one of Canada's largest photofinishing retalilers selling photographic-related equipment and processing film. At some point I earned enough money to take part time UNIX courses where I eventually met a guy who worked for a large ISP. Bam, new job instantly.
Four years later I became a network administrator for that same large ISP.
Moral of the story? Though you're working for free, consider that the experience you're gathering is worth its weight in gold for the progress of the career you plan to pursue. That's a good something to power up the resume with. Being a student, I'm sure you could use the resume fuel as well.
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You're forgetting Danguard Ace, Gaiking and the Space Keteers. "I am Jessie Dart the invincible! Astrobat!" ICEPHREAK
Personally speaking, cooperative education has changed my life for the better. In highschool I was volunteered to work at a photofinishing retail store. It wasn't my cup of tea, but I procrastinated in picking out my own choice of brew.
Anyhow, I completed a semester of the co-op work, learning plenty of photofinishing and ended up working for one of Canada's largest photofinishing retalilers selling photographic-related equipment and processing film. At some point I earned enough money to take part time UNIX courses where I eventually met a guy who worked for a large ISP. Bam, new job instantly.
Four years later I became a network administrator for that same large ISP.
Moral of the story? Though you're working for free, consider that the experience you're gathering is worth its weight in gold for the progress of the career you plan to pursue. That's a good something to power up the resume with. Being a student, I'm sure you could use the resume fuel as well.
ICEPHREAK
Hell, I'm a network administrator on shift this very instant. I'd just got done looking into an alarmed node. Perhaps the buggers passed by tonight.
Un-seriously speaking, of course.
ICEPHREAK