IBM

After assessing your skills, they'll give you a project you can take on and own. They gave me a problem and the freedom to solve it in the manner I chose. It was intimidating, but I appreciated the level of trust, and it was an amazing learning opportunity.

I was given a lot of autonomy. I was a little lost at first. They didn't give much guidance, so I got what I put into my work. If you don't know when to ask for help, they won't tell you. This was the team's first co-op, so they didn't have much experience.

Keep up the good work. Co-ops know the difference between trivial and non-trivial tasks, and giving them real opportunities made a great first impression. I would recommend working at IBM in Ottawa to anyone.