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		jjmarr 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdra... Assuming you work in tech, that's because the only school that matters is Waterloo and 90+% of Waterloo students move to the USA after grad.

darth_avocado 8 months ago [–]

Almost all our Canadian hires have been at Waterloo at some point. Even when we do random resume pulls and interviews, Waterloo seems to have the most competent set of candidates when you’re talking about new grads.

jjmarr 8 months ago | [–]

Because they already have 2 years of experience due to co-op.

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