IBM (AI Engineering) vs C1 (TDP)

[dense haven]

ibm:

• austin - 175k tc (ote)
• ai engineering title is great (i think)
• a SALES role combined with development/deployment of ai systems (wtv that means)
• requires travel

c1:

• mclean - 169 tc
• everyone knows what tdp is so wont explain too much

my general ask is what do you guys think about taking the ibm role over the c1. I want to eventually be in drug discovery/healthcare ai, and I think IBM places me closer to those fields (with clients like Moderna and Pfizer). However, it's also less engineering focused and ik TDP is a good pipeline for starting SWE.

(my general thoughts are that I can just build personal projects like always to keep up with my coding, but if anyone has insights into these roles/companies feel free to respond with some advice:) )

[native trellis]

ibm is prob better for AI/ML but you should ask them what the Sales part involves, you might get baited to being a sales engineer who focuses on AI

otherwise c1 tdp is prob better for general swe

but also ibm has watson health whereas c1 is purely fintech? not sure if you have further knowledge of team matching or whatnot yet

[dense haven]

yeah dont know what team id be on which is why ibm feeling like rolling dice

[marble burrow]

Capital One

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dm

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are you bs or ms

[dense haven]

ms

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C1 comp is just first year right?