Im a senior graduating this December, I was told that you could request to start during the start of the year and it depends on your team whether they accept or not.
Is it worth it, or it better to do start during the summer with the rest of the cohort?
Also if my manager knows I graduate in December is it a bad look if I don’t ask to start when I graduate?
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Definitely with the rest of your cohort
Enjoy your last bits of school life. Start with cohort you will be fine. Have fun and have great stories then work hard when you start. You will be fine.
Fuck no
Nah
Dude 100% no. Enjoy your last bit of college and also you want to start with your class for sure.
Hell no
please for the love of everything start w your cohort. your career is 40 years long a 6 month head start won’t do anything. just started as an AN1 and the 6 months i had off from graduating early was one of the best times in my life
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