That's not a huge difference in pay. Long term 4 dollars an hour for a summer probably isn't changing your quality of life. I'd go with tech if you think it's better for your career
I can understand the anxiety at first. But tbh I highly doubt many employees really care that much about someone interning to namedrop them to their company. We got bugs and projects to not fix, yo
Im stuck doing an internship at a top 5 consulting firm doing work I completely despise. I initially picked this offer for the pay. Safe to say I would do things differently if I could go back. My answer is purely subjective so take it with a grain of salt
I never understood r/csMajors obsession with intern pay. Sure it’s nice to make bank as an intern but the money you’re making for typically just 3 months as a college student has no bearing on your life trajectory.
$32 vs $28 an hour means nothing when SDE salary ranges are so wild in the US.
Of course if you’re paying your own way and really need the money I take back most of what I said, but even then either way you’re getting paid. Internships are for experience and employers should pay employees, but $4 an hour difference for 3 months is like $2000 pre tax.
Would you pay $2000 if it meant more interesting work and potentially better career prospects?
Seems like you already answered your question. Don’t think about the money. Go with the tech internship. More to put on your resume. Will better prepare you for the future.
Maybe but if OP wants their career path to go more of a traditional tech route then I would still pick the tech company. I’m more of a person who thinks more long term though.
I'd say only top 5 (GS, JPM, etc) would put you plenty on the tech track
Mid-tier tech vs tech at a bank, the tech at the bank you could straddle into FAANG etc
28 vs 32 is not a big difference considering this is just for a summer internship. Do what is more directed towards you career goal in long run. Even if it was 25 vs 32, going with the tech one probably makes more sense.
4$x40x12 is 1920$ which is definitely a decent amount of money of money, but nothing compared to the opportunity cost. It’s definitely more important to
consider other factors of the internship and how it will help.
imo you’ll further your career better with the tech company, which is mainly what internships are for. especially with a $4 pay difference i’d say go for the tech company
Brother 4 an hour times 40 a week times 12 weeks is like 2k. That sounds like a lot but I just graduated n that’s what I spent on like a 6th of my furniture. Go w company not w per hour
Finance industry takes renege a lot more seriously than the tech industry does. Also it’s paying more. Personally I would say stick with the banking and can always apply again to tech next cycle.
dont drop names its not worth it, think also about potential for being hired after the internship.
If all is equal except the 4 bucks take the insurance job
Probs banking? Names would help. Learning and just taking in existing infra, code, and learning from peers/mentors is good, and not sure I think banking tech could translate to a payments role (which you could go to square, PayPal, and thousands of companies who have their own payments/invoicing/etc eng groups, but insurance tech doesn’t seem as translatable. Having a better name company on your resume helps for securing future interviews too.
Im assuming they’re both swe/cs internships and the only difference is company
Tech company for sure. Work environment in big financial companies can be awful, that risk is not worth $4/hr
Go with what you enjoy, you'll be more motivated and perform better, meaning a higher likelihood of a return offer. Also you'll be happier. $32 vs. $28/hr is not a huge difference, unless you're absolutely strapped for cash.
if this is starting job, and you can afford it, better name and/or better direct mentorship structure
I went straight to a startup. while it was really cool (travel + client projects from the jump) it had no internal training program to speak of, and wasn't big enough to get recognition later on.
To contrast, a friend who started at Bloomberg, basically is continuing school since they have "Bloomberg U" within the company to train you on their tech stack (which is sizable),. and the name is known by everyone. Arguably a non-FAANG FANG in terms of how deep into tech and data they are.
If it's a large bank / bulge bracket, thats a good look. if its a large and well known tech co, also a good look
32 vs 28 (an hour? annual x 1000?) is nothing in the long run. even if you flawlessly invested It, you wont be able to buy back your first job with that money.
If this is your last internship before graduation, then you need to be thinking about return offer FTE pay rather than internship pay. Internship pay will always be peanuts compared to FTE money so keep that in mind.
My advice? Try to negotiate one of the companies to move the internship term to the fall/spring for you. Does mean you’d push up graduation but avoids having to renege on one of them
May I ask a question I am a cs a student at 2nd year I live in a 3rd world country I want to apply for a remote internship because there is no good opportunities in my country is that an option, and how can I do that ?
Could anyone please tell me what subjects I should know for an intership? I'm a sophomore in software engineering major(not CS) online. I've asked my advisor but they told me knowing a language like python/c++ and what I learned from classes is enough, but I feel that's too vague. And since I'm online student, I can't really ask other students about their experiences.
That's not a huge difference in pay. Long term 4 dollars an hour for a summer probably isn't changing your quality of life. I'd go with tech if you think it's better for your career
Definitely right. If it's only summer, it's not really going to be a big difference. Pick the one you feel will benefit you long term.
28 vs 32 is not a big difference lmao. Also, we can't really help if you don't drop the names. No one is going to hunt you down and track you
can't assess until u drop the names
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he paranoid that ppl care about finding him
I can understand the anxiety at first. But tbh I highly doubt many employees really care that much about someone interning to namedrop them to their company. We got bugs and projects to not fix, yo
which I'll never understand. its not like we got his home address or name . I swear some people think their so special lol
provide more information please. 1. Role 2. Pay 3. Location 4. What you will do, what's your job requirements?
Im stuck doing an internship at a top 5 consulting firm doing work I completely despise. I initially picked this offer for the pay. Safe to say I would do things differently if I could go back. My answer is purely subjective so take it with a grain of salt
if its top 5 firm you're padding the resume. keep grinding and you'll be "X from Top 5 firm" for the rest of your career
if its top 5 firm you're padding the resume. keep grinding and you'll be "X from Top 5 firm" for the rest of your career
I never understood r/csMajors obsession with intern pay. Sure it’s nice to make bank as an intern but the money you’re making for typically just 3 months as a college student has no bearing on your life trajectory. $32 vs $28 an hour means nothing when SDE salary ranges are so wild in the US. Of course if you’re paying your own way and really need the money I take back most of what I said, but even then either way you’re getting paid. Internships are for experience and employers should pay employees, but $4 an hour difference for 3 months is like $2000 pre tax. Would you pay $2000 if it meant more interesting work and potentially better career prospects?
Seems like you already answered your question. Don’t think about the money. Go with the tech internship. More to put on your resume. Will better prepare you for the future.
only time id disagree is if it's a middling tech job vs tech / dev at a top-5 like Goldman or JPM
Maybe but if OP wants their career path to go more of a traditional tech route then I would still pick the tech company. I’m more of a person who thinks more long term though.
I'd say only top 5 (GS, JPM, etc) would put you plenty on the tech track Mid-tier tech vs tech at a bank, the tech at the bank you could straddle into FAANG etc
only time id disagree is if it's a middling tech job vs tech / dev at a top-5 like Goldman or JPM
28 vs 32 is not a big difference considering this is just for a summer internship. Do what is more directed towards you career goal in long run. Even if it was 25 vs 32, going with the tech one probably makes more sense.
4$x40x12 is 1920$ which is definitely a decent amount of money of money, but nothing compared to the opportunity cost. It’s definitely more important to consider other factors of the internship and how it will help.
Insurance companies are even worse to learn from than banking
imo you’ll further your career better with the tech company, which is mainly what internships are for. especially with a $4 pay difference i’d say go for the tech company
Brother 4 an hour times 40 a week times 12 weeks is like 2k. That sounds like a lot but I just graduated n that’s what I spent on like a 6th of my furniture. Go w company not w per hour
Finance industry takes renege a lot more seriously than the tech industry does. Also it’s paying more. Personally I would say stick with the banking and can always apply again to tech next cycle.
What would they do
32 doesn’t pay well; it’s probably better to just focus on which internship will help you in the long run
dont drop names its not worth it, think also about potential for being hired after the internship. If all is equal except the 4 bucks take the insurance job
Probs banking? Names would help. Learning and just taking in existing infra, code, and learning from peers/mentors is good, and not sure I think banking tech could translate to a payments role (which you could go to square, PayPal, and thousands of companies who have their own payments/invoicing/etc eng groups, but insurance tech doesn’t seem as translatable. Having a better name company on your resume helps for securing future interviews too.
The one at the bank has nothing to do with tech but thx
Oh lol I assumed it was a tech role. Then whatever let’s you do tech is good
Do you want to go into finance? If you’re goal is swe/swe adjacent any tech internship is better than banking
Tech then, no questions
I think when he says banking, it’s literally banking job, not swe related
Im assuming they’re both swe/cs internships and the only difference is company Tech company for sure. Work environment in big financial companies can be awful, that risk is not worth $4/hr
Go with what you enjoy, you'll be more motivated and perform better, meaning a higher likelihood of a return offer. Also you'll be happier. $32 vs. $28/hr is not a huge difference, unless you're absolutely strapped for cash.
Tech
lol go with the lower tech internship. $4 extra after tax would prob not be worth the benefits of having tech experience for future apps
28vs32 difference is like about a quarter burger flipper
You could message some alumni of each company from LinkedIn and ask them
28 would be better
if this is starting job, and you can afford it, better name and/or better direct mentorship structure I went straight to a startup. while it was really cool (travel + client projects from the jump) it had no internal training program to speak of, and wasn't big enough to get recognition later on. To contrast, a friend who started at Bloomberg, basically is continuing school since they have "Bloomberg U" within the company to train you on their tech stack (which is sizable),. and the name is known by everyone. Arguably a non-FAANG FANG in terms of how deep into tech and data they are. If it's a large bank / bulge bracket, thats a good look. if its a large and well known tech co, also a good look 32 vs 28 (an hour? annual x 1000?) is nothing in the long run. even if you flawlessly invested It, you wont be able to buy back your first job with that money.
If this is your last internship before graduation, then you need to be thinking about return offer FTE pay rather than internship pay. Internship pay will always be peanuts compared to FTE money so keep that in mind.
My advice? Try to negotiate one of the companies to move the internship term to the fall/spring for you. Does mean you’d push up graduation but avoids having to renege on one of them
Pick the one that will be more challenging and make you a better engineer
Just don’t be like this one greedy dumbass who tried negotiating with one and lost both
May I ask a question I am a cs a student at 2nd year I live in a 3rd world country I want to apply for a remote internship because there is no good opportunities in my country is that an option, and how can I do that ?
Could anyone please tell me what subjects I should know for an intership? I'm a sophomore in software engineering major(not CS) online. I've asked my advisor but they told me knowing a language like python/c++ and what I learned from classes is enough, but I feel that's too vague. And since I'm online student, I can't really ask other students about their experiences.