#IBM SVL vs Amazon Alexa (Seattle) – Summer Intern

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spiral veldt
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IBM SVL vs Amazon Alexa – Summer Intern

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IBM SVL vs Amazon Alexa (Seattle) – Summer Intern

neat shore
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IBM bro how is this even a question

dry apex
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Can you elaborate more on svl? Like how r the teams,projects erc

spiral veldt
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yeah ibm hire a lot this year. How was the return rate last year?

dry apex
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Oh I was just curious like if Ibm svl location is better res value than the other locs cus I need to decide on loc

spiral veldt
quick moss
spiral veldt
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yeah agree. IBM good for wlb, zon good for growth

dry apex
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Oh man I have to decide between Durham and San Jose n high key having trouble. One one hand sj has better career growth but idk and I won’t have car there. I’m gonna be recruiting for intern for next summer anyway. Durham is a little easier logistically cus it’s like 8 hrs from home and could bring car,

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Looks like teams are rng as well so is thr hassle worth going across country

spiral veldt
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Thank you! How transferable or competitive is the tech stack in svl?

arctic owl
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fwiw alexa just got slashed in the last layoffs

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ur ro MIGHT be guaranteed 😹

quick moss
oak cobalt
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Isn't svl one of the biggest hub for ibm

spiral veldt
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no problem. sorry one more question - did svl recently have layoff?

oak cobalt
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I think layoff based in team not location? Also zon will be better for res value

arctic owl
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regardless i wud suggest amazon its in faang for a reason

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ppl here will troll it but it’s better than ibm

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u cud just get stuck in some random legacy tooling team at ibm asw

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they do important things

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idk but clearly they do something to afford paying interns 52 dollars an hour

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more than we get paid

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yes WE

runic yacht
arctic owl
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idk if it’s actually a good thing lmao

runic yacht
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As much as I see where ur coming from bro I don’t think that’s how it works

arctic owl
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yeah i was midly trolling w the ro part

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but it did get slashed

runic yacht
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I have a very close family member at Zon. Think like grandparent, uncle, brother, etc. his team got impacted during the last three impact cycles

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Him and one other engineer are the only ones that survived 😭

spiral veldt
runic yacht
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The entire team got merged with another after they finished layoffs

arctic owl
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if they don’t have hc, they start to see where’s there’s space, but usually it’s just cooked atp

runic yacht
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Oh wait this is intern chat

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Yes return offer is lowkey guaranteed at Zon

arctic owl
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indeed

runic yacht
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Stability isn’t

quick moss
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isnt amazon regretting going in on ai and trying to rehire

arctic owl
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idk what they’re doing but i’d still recommend them over ibm

runic yacht
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I would also recommend them over ibm for intern

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For sure

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Take Zon

quick moss
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real

runic yacht
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You’ll get RO but get ready for new grad recruiting asap, try and find something more stable.

arctic owl
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nah even if u get ro you’ll last at least a year tbh

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u can recruit for swe II after that

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but recruiting lowk a pain

runic yacht
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It doesn’t matter when you joined

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If you get caught in the layoffs ur fucked

arctic owl
quick moss
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Now I think about it, isn't IBM RO gonna be higher cuz they want to hire more new engineers + ai

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and replace the seniors

runic yacht
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Zon better for RO

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IBM SVL is team dependent

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^

quick moss
runic yacht
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Visconti correct fr

quick moss
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and they don'ttell you your team

runic yacht
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Yeah bro

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But I think some locations if they’re bigger might be better in some regards

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In any case yeah RO w ibm shaky and Zon the move here but try and land new grad role

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That isn’t Zon

quick moss
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ideal scenario

paper obsidian
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amazon alexa is kind of a dead team

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they had crazy layoffs last time

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I wouldn't risk it

neat shore
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fr alexa is cooked

mystic lion
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If you prioritize ro maybe ibm especially if amazon offer is for Alexa

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This is a rare case where the amazon team makes a difference

blazing cosmos
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Who the fuck actually voted ibm

blazing cosmos
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As long as you do what's expected

broken fossil
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You can be the most productive intern on your team but if they don’t have headcount you are out

blazing cosmos
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Mostly everyone ik got ROs last summer

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Including men

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Me*

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Rather take my chances with that than go ibm

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Plus AWS on resume almost guarantees interviews

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If you cleared ibm/AWS you can clear other top tech too

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Best case here is to push ibm fall take amazon summr

broken fossil
arctic owl
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two most rng ahh interviews

blazing cosmos
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Not really

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IBM actually yeah

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Most random shit

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But AWS

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Pretty straight forward

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OP most likely passed 2-3 interviews

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Behavioral + LC Meds

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And OP should only get better overtime

arctic owl
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if u said that last year u wud have been laughed at 😹

paper obsidian
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and last year's RO was before the massive layoffs

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I know someone who worked at a Seattle team last year and is yet to hear back

summer kettle
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IBM is so touse

scarlet magnet
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Touse squid

neat shore
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IBM mogs here not even close

spiral veldt
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dull apex