Non-blockchain Internships are real, just landed one!

Rust has been my (CS Undergrad, Junior year, no prior internships) language of choice for a while now, but going into this last job hunt season I initially didn't even try looking for Rust opportunities as I've been told for a while that there are just no entry-level opportunities right now.

After sending out tons of SWE application and getting NOWHERE I got a little curious and started scanning for rust internships on Indeed. To my surprise, this year there were a good handful of listings! Several were looking to rewrite existing C libraries in Rust, others were working on building a new piece of their tech stack in Rust. I found that, due to my portfolio being pretty rust heavy, I got way more responses for positions seeking talent in that language.

But yeah, I think we're finally entering an era where you can land entry level rust jobs without working for some odd blockchain company! Especially in the embedded scene, saw a lot in the aerospace scene and for my job I'll be porting some RISC-V microcontroller firmware to Rust.

Curious if anyone else has noticed more opportunities this season, or if things have always just been not as bad as I was lead to believe they were?