#Amazon Intern (NYC) vs Intuit SWE 1 (NYC)

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sly depot
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I’m deciding between two options and could use some advice:

Option 1: Amazon (Internship)

Role: SDE Intern
Team: Prime Video
Pay: ~$60/hr + ~$8k relocation
Timeline: Starts June 15
Risk: No return offer guarantee

Option 2: Intuit (Full-Time Offer)

Team: QuickBooks Indirect Tax (AI-focused platform work)
Comp: ~$164k TC (140k base + 14k bonus + 40k RSU over 4 years)
Work: Building AI-driven systems for tax automation (anomaly detection, explainability, etc.)
Start: June 15 (same as Amazon)

My priorities:

Biggest factor: resume value / career acceleration
I don’t expect to stay at either company for more than ~2 years
I’m optimizing for strong long-term optionality (top tech / startups)

My current thinking:

Amazon (Prime Video) feels like stronger brand + more interesting work
But it’s an internship, so there’s real risk if I don’t get a return offer
Intuit is safer with strong pay, but I’m unsure about its resume impact vs Amazon

Constraints:

Both roles start June 15, so I can’t do both unless I successfully delay one
I haven’t asked Intuit yet about pushing the start date (thinking of September)

Questions:

Is taking Amazon internship over Intuit full-time too risky?
How much does Amazon (Prime Video) vs Intuit matter for resume value?
Is it realistic to push Intuit to September, and is that the best move?
Anything I’m not considering?

Any advice would be really helpful.

earnest reef
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Intuit tbh

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that base is rlly good and ur team there is better than prime video

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if ur looking at startups, i think especially so

bitter sundial
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No sign on for intuit?

sly depot
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no relocation either

bitter sundial
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Really?

sly depot
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yeah

bitter sundial
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No relocation is crazy

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Did you pick location for intuit

sly depot
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yup

bitter sundial
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I heard the first few months are remote with uptime or soemthing like that is that true

sly depot
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it is??

sly depot
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is it like the 8 week bootcamp thing?

bitter sundial
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yea that thing my recruiter was a little unclear on taht

sly depot
vapid shoal
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Inuit SWE 1 (NYC)

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fuck an internship brother

flat hearth
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Is ur zon rec initials KO? @sly depot

cerulean swift
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isnt zon guaranteed RO though?

sly depot
sly depot
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are u jfk 24?

cerulean swift
sly depot
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they lowk being stingy on start dates afaik

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isnt zon 5 day RTO tho