Comment Re:As a young college graduate... (Score 1) 1316
Niklask: The Swedish high engineering degree was (until recently) "civilingenjor". CivilingenjÃr is not as extensive as an international master's.
I wouldn't claim that a semester is "extensive". Furthermore, quite a few graduates with a lot more academic credits than what is required.
And my professor and colleagues at my home institution wouldn't agree with you. To them the newly instituted "real" master's program for European nationals isn't much different than the "civilingenjor" (which traditionally have been equated with a master's)
I hardly know anyone who graduated before they began to work.
You must come from a different time or place, because I know nobody who in practice wasn't ready to graduate.
An employer may ask for the moon and the stars but in the end he or she will end up with what the job market can deliver.
Of course, the job market might soon be able to deliver the moon and the stars at low prices.