(Update 3/25: Accept with Company C) Internship Offer Etiquette

[Ricemarine]

Your thread title says "Company C is saying bye" whereas your post shows Company B saying "bye". I assume thread title is a typo?

Typo yes. I will have to turn down offers from Company A, C and D now as I have accepted from B (as stated in the OP).

The conclusion from before the update was that I would have a little leeway in negotiating time while I got everything sorted out. To only hear that I didn't was a big setback. However, since I am working in a company "lab," I may get more research experience and contacts than if I did it at the university. Nonetheless, I've set myself slightly back for graduate school but strengthened my resume/CV overall (the field I switched to I didn't have too much experience but enough to pass).

 

[chusteczka]

Since company B is playing hardball yet may be a good company, accept with them. Continue interviewing and considering offers. If you get a better offer, take it.

Turning down company B for a better offer at a later date will most likely eliminate any chance of working for them again.

 

[Hacp]

Typo yes. I will have to turn down offers from Company A, C and D now as I have accepted from B (as stated in the OP).

The conclusion from before the update was that I would have a little leeway in negotiating time while I got everything sorted out. To only hear that I didn't was a big setback. However, since I am working in a company "lab," I may get more research experience and contacts than if I did it at the university. Nonetheless, I've set myself slightly back for graduate school but strengthened my resume/CV overall (the field I switched to I didn't have too much experience but enough to pass).

Why the fuck would you want to go to graduate school? Just get straight into the work force.

 

[DanDaManJC]

Why the fuck would you want to go to graduate school? Just get straight into the work force.

because it's required for certain jobs? for instance, 90% of analog circuit design jobs now a days won't even consider an EE undergrad, they require grad students

 

[Ricemarine]

Why the fuck would you want to go to graduate school? Just get straight into the work force.

Most of the algorithms and research comes from Ph.D's in my desired field of Computer Vision. All the other companies I've seen (with the exception of Adobe) focus on implementing these new algorithms. The research is what interests me more, not the implementation.

I just got contacted back by the professor I consulted with on the CS side. The EE grad students I had consulted stated that it should be possible for me to do an internship + a little research on the side. The professor stated that it would not be possible to do both and wished me good luck with my internship. Because the professor is in the computer vision circle that professor would've been one of my best chances to get into grad school. So, either it's a clash of opinions or the professor is right. Now I have to find alternative options or see what else I can get. It is not easy to get CS work as an EE. It's also not easy to be a CS major (25% acceptance vs EE's 40% at my college).

 

[Hacp]

Most of the algorithms and research comes from Ph.D's in my desired field of Computer Vision. All the other companies I've seen (with the exception of Adobe) focus on implementing these new algorithms. The research is what interests me more, not the implementation.

I just got contacted back by the professor I consulted with on the CS side. The EE grad students I had consulted stated that it should be possible for me to do an internship + a little research on the side. The professor stated that it would not be possible to do both and wished me good luck with my internship. Because the professor is in the computer vision circle that professor would've been one of my best chances to get into grad school. So, either it's a clash of opinions or the professor is right. Now I have to find alternative options or see what else I can get. It is not easy to get CS work as an EE. It's also not easy to be a CS major (25% acceptance vs EE's 40% at my college).

So I don't get it. You want to get into grad school for computer vision but you are applying for an internship that probably won't help you get into grad school vs going for the research position that probably will help you with grad school.

 

[Ricemarine]

So I don't get it. You want to get into grad school for computer vision but you are applying for an internship that probably won't help you get into grad school vs going for the research position that probably will help you with grad school.

It's very difficult for an EE undergrad to actually work on computer vision type work at the somewhat higher level that CS does at my univ. In my case, 2/3 of the CV professors that do the work I want are leaving or on sabbatical. The 3rd one is the one I'm consulting with and it seems that professor does not want to take me on for work. For me to increase my chances, I need a connection with someone in the CV circle. That's why I tried to aim for with the 3rd professor.

Looking at the EE side, I'm working with a grad student doing some work in computer vision. However, the work seems to have peaked and the professor has lost enough funding where he cut all the undergrad research positions. So, if I work for free, I can't pay the bills. All the other EE professors are doing lower level computer vision and participate in different circles.

I'm really tired of hearing "you can do the same in EE as the people in CS." The two fields do different things in general. The closest EE gets is doing low level RTOS coding. CS does all the higher level stuff. That's what they teach. I want to get into a CS grad school.

So in conclusion, I can try to obtain a research position but it will more than likely not be with people in the CV circle. Since it seems I've exhausted my options with the CV circle, the internship which does research into CV may offer more experience than doing research with an adviser not in the circle.