Dixon: University of Waterloo produces highly sophisticated engineering graduates
Chris Dixon · Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon · Jul 15, 2017 · at 33:39
Chris Dixon, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, comments on university co-op and internship programs during an academic roundtable.
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“See, like, Waterloo's a great example of that, where they, I think they have a, it's like they have a crazy number, like six or plus internships over their four years of undergrad. The whole sort of, it's deeply integrated, sort of, working in industry and working in in, in, in their coursework. And they come out, they, we see them coming out of college and they're just like, they're just very sophisticated.”
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