solar blade
MongoDB
Location: SF
Position: SWE intern
Pay: $57/hr + 5K stipend
Dropbox
Location: Remote
Position: SWE Intern
Pay: $60/hr
Currently a junior, looking to max resume value for ng recruitment first and RO second. Leaning towards MongoDB as dropbox feels like a dying company w low RO rate, but just feel that dropbox might have stronger resuem value
vernal zephyr
damn dropbox pays 60/hr? canada is so low compared to that
candid robin
Mongo easy
green canopy
100% dropbox
primal shadow
Easily Mongo bc dropbox is becoming obsolete meanwhile everyone uses mongo and knows about it.
solar blade
Easily Mongo bc dropbox is becoming obsolete meanwhile everyone uses mongo and k...
you think recruiters and resume screens will know?
thats mostly what im fought on, feel like dropbox might give more interviews
primal shadow
you think recruiters and resume screens will know?
Even my dad knows about MongoDB 😂😂 and if you are a recruiter hiring for a tech company, guarantee they know what companies are high prestige
Plus, the work for mongodb sounds way more interesting
Also RO I've heard is high for mongo
green canopy
thats mostly what im fought on, feel like dropbox might give more interviews
Prob will Dropbox is a tier above
Not sure why you’d go mongoDB
MongoDB ng tc is way worse
Despite not being a fast growing company Dropbox def has a lotta cool teams in infra etc so idt the work will be any less interesting
Also I feel like the bar is higher at Dropbox
solar blade
@steady hamlet @green canopy honestly don’t care for ng tc don’t think I wanna go ft. Yall feel even w Dropbox decline they’re much higher prestige?
Just tryna target fanng+ prolly for ng
that what im thinking
dropbox peak was massive
talent and interviewers were insane
but idk if that sentiment is still followed
thx for the advice tho everyone
primal shadow
Mongo is only getting bigger, so its resume value will also keep increasing
green canopy
I mean if ur going for intern and don’t care much about RO trajectory doesn’t rlly matter
If u did care about RO Dropbox is still way better since the tc is actually competitive with faang
As of now Dropbox prestige >> mongoDB imo
For res value I’d go Dropbox for intern
In ur position
Can’t go wrong with either tho
Both solid companies
hoary gorge
feel like difference in res value is kinda negligible w these 2
imo it comes down more to what teams you're matched with and what work you're more interested in between the 2
at the end of the day, a recruiter is likely to know both companies and a hiring manager will care way more ab what team and type of work you did vs. which company has slightly more prestige
another factor worth considering is whether interning remotely is something u want. with mongo u get to meet a lot of new ppl, whether it be the other interns or FTers vs. dropbox it's hard to build a strong network remote
ivory stream