#IBM vs GitHub swe internships

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silk thistle
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IBM
pros:

  • good ro rate
  • In person experience
    cons:
  • less prestigious (going for big tech + faang)
  • less pay
  • traps me in austin, texas
  • see alot of people getting this

GitHub
pros:

  • very prestigious and well known
  • will probably help land me alot more interviews next recruiting cycle
  • part of microsoft
    cons:
  • not a big fan of fully remote but thats ok
  • low ro rate

What are you guys thoughts on which I should take. Thanks!

twilit ginkgo
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github better resume value imo so even if you dont get an ro it should be easier to land similar companies

silk thistle
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true they been mass hiring wonder if they gonna do mass firing

frail shore
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idt the "prestige" is meaningfully different here like u may think esp if ur targeting big tech

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be careful in listening too much to cscd in terms of opinion on companies

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it changes every year and isnt rly representative of actually recruiter opinions

twilit ginkgo
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could also try pushing ibm to fall if you really wanted it

frail shore
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new grad is much harder than intern

silk thistle
frail shore
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this guys a junior so banking on recruiting ng is kinda scary

silk thistle
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Im going to go for masters when I gradaute I just want to set myself up the best

frail shore
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oh ur going for masters

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hm

silk thistle
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yea

frail shore
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tbh both of these are really equal imo

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i think full remote kinda sucks

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as an learning experience

silk thistle
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Yea I agree

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But I could be on a cool team where as ibm idk what they do in the software world

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Maybe Co pilot or modern infrastructure

frail shore
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imma keep it a buck its all work

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none of its that glorious

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do u have a team match at github?

silk thistle
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Yea

frail shore
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whats it

silk thistle
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Same with IBM

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Dont know for both

frail shore
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so u dont have a team match?

silk thistle
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At least with GitHub they asked me if i had a pref

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Yea I guess its where ever headcount is and they place me there

frail shore
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i would say like

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if u dont know the exact team for both

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its kinda useless to think ab potential team difference

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u just dont know

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they have hundreds of teams at both companies

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most of them are gonna be boring asf

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ibm does a lot of cool quantum computing and open source ml work as well

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ibm watson for ex

silk thistle
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Yea that is true

frail shore
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so idt u should think that hard ab the team. just not solid info

twilit ginkgo
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did ur hm interview you or was it a hr screen

silk thistle
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It was just 2 random engineers that did the interview

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Comparing interviews for both IBM was one interview asking me about oop pretty much

twilit ginkgo
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and they didnt tell you abt the project/team?

frail shore
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also the amount of ppl getting the internship in cscd doesnt matter too much. cscd is like where everyone who is sweating in CS washes up so naturally you'll see a lot. github just hires less because its smaller

silk thistle
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GitHubs was 2 b2b with a leetcode

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No. They mentioned the team they where on but didnt say anything if i was going to be on that team

frail shore
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how important is intern pay for u btw

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u got like bills or a family and stuff u gotta help out?

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or is it mostly just gonna go to savings

silk thistle
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Gonna help pay for the rest of school and go towards masters

twilit ginkgo
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id just take github

frail shore
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if the money is pretty important id pick github since u dont have to pay housing if ur remote prolly

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get more money, and ur recruiting again anyways

twilit ginkgo
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since ur doing masters u have another summer to get another internship

frail shore
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but if u value learning more and ur not 100% on masters

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i would do ibm

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the resume diff rly isnt there in my eyes

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its more ab experience and what place it leaves u in

twilit ginkgo
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its kinda a gamble tho if he doesnt know what team he's on

frail shore
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he doesnt know at either company

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lol

silk thistle
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Yea

twilit ginkgo
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shi ig

silk thistle
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Its not SVL ibm

twilit ginkgo
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i got some container team at ibm

silk thistle
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was ts fye?

twilit ginkgo
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no i turned it down lol

silk thistle
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Ahh

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They told you the team damn I aint get that

twilit ginkgo
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yeah thats why i was kinda confused

silk thistle
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I hear some departments in IBM are a mess

twilit ginkgo
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cause in my first round the hm just explained what his team worked on

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yeah

silk thistle
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the inteviewers work on IBM verify team, didnt say I was gonna be on that tho

twilit ginkgo
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u have an offer right

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or is it hypo

silk thistle
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wym

twilit ginkgo
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did they actually extend u an offer for ibm

silk thistle
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Yea offer but doesnt say anything about team

twilit ginkgo
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o ok

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yeah i'd try emailing recruiter

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maybe they can give more insight

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but if money is kinda a concern then i think u should be leaning towards github

silk thistle
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Yea it would be nice to make that extra money, but really tryna stack the resume for next recruiting cycle

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Whats gon make the recruiter more wet pretty much

twilit ginkgo
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i mean theres not much of a diff highkey

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esp with ibm hiring like crazy

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but again leaning towards git cause they dont hire as much

frail shore
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its not a comp like netflix where small hiring = exclusive

idle rapids
frail shore
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they are small cus of their size

frail shore
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harder to get so they mog everyone else tyshi

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lol

idle rapids
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thats why amzn is f-tier

frail shore
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yeah

idle rapids
twilit ginkgo
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idk i mean its a small bar

frail shore
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amazon is legit peak internship

twilit ginkgo
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both are legit good

frail shore
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yea thats true

twilit ginkgo
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gotta lean towards something

frail shore
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its p neck and neck

silk thistle
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GitHub is aprat of microsoft coreAI stack now too

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Could be a nice pipeline into ms

frail shore
twilit ginkgo
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but i mean with the right bullets on ur resume, it makes either choice fine

frail shore
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wont help u with msft

silk thistle
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mmh

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How likley I get a RO at each yall think?

twilit ginkgo
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def possible with ibm

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github is more selective...

silk thistle
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part of me just wants to start working fr and other says do masters

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aint tryna shoot myself in the foot if i start working early vs going masters

twilit ginkgo
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i mean a lot of ppl do masters just to buy themselves another internship incase ng isnt working out for them

frail shore
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tbh like

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the rzn to do masters has to be intentional

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otherwise ur just spending money

twilit ginkgo
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thats what i plan on doing if it goes to shit after my internship lol

frail shore
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most ppl do it for more recruiting cycles

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if u dont need that, u should think more and see if there's a point

silk thistle
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this would be my first big tech internship

frail shore
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usually ull need more recruiting cycles if you dont get an RO or want a better one

silk thistle
rich shale
silk thistle
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Yo lowkey do yall think it’s possible to do both at the same time

silk thistle
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Which one yall think?

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GitHub

potent basalt
potent basalt
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Cuz last cohort has not heard shit yet

sudden schooner
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github way better resume value tf

silk thistle
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Yea idk what happened last cohort

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I think the leadership change affected alot of things

austere needle
potent basalt
potent basalt
sudden schooner
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like yea its an offer but OP will 100% try for smth better

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in that case github internship gives u good chances for a better NG

potent basalt
sudden schooner
silk thistle
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Facts bro

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Let’s see what happens this cohort

potent basalt
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Did u decide btw

silk thistle
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Yea I’m going with GitHub

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even with ro from ibm

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Not worth starting there

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I’m aiming higher

potent basalt
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Hmm

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Would u do the same if it was c1

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Cuz rn I'm still undecided

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I rly want ro

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But gh so aura

silk thistle
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C1 is imo a lot better than ibm

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For ibm no 401k match no salary nego and no RSUs and I’ll be in Austin

potent basalt
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Ic

silk thistle
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But for c1

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Will u be in ny?

potent basalt
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Yes

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If it was Plano or McLean id do gh 😭😭

silk thistle
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I mean that alone for me at least is pretty nice

potent basalt
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But cuz it's NY

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I'm split down the fence

silk thistle
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Hmm

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C1 has a good RO rate I’m pretty sure

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My gut feeling with GitHub

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Is bec of the leadership change in 2025 I messed stuff up

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They where also in the process of converting all there IT to swes

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Idk how it is this year I’m praying I get an RO

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But either way c1 has good starting and you get to be in NYC

potent basalt
silk thistle
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Yea that’s true

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C1 could come back and not give u any RO

potent basalt
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From my perspective:

  1. there's a small chance the leadership changes continue to affect our cohort. So I assume no RO.
  2. good chance they've stabilized for our cohort. But even then it's like 50/50ing for RO.
silk thistle
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I feel ur split man

potent basalt
silk thistle
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But c1 would still hold alot of res value

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Damn bro I feel ur split

potent basalt
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Yeah I don't think the diff between GitHub and C1 res value wise is hard drastic

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And yeah c1 is still super uncertain but

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Not as much as gh

silk thistle
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Yea that is true

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Also GitHub is part of Microsoft core ai stack

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At least co pilot

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So you would technically me a Microsoft employee

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Light internal transfer to MSFT

potent basalt
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Fuuuck dude I want GitHub so badly

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But I need that RO and also NY so aura

silk thistle
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does it really say in the contract it’s a violation to do both

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potent basalt
waxen birch
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silk thistle
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Lowkey this is a tuff decision man

waxen birch
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c1 if teams are equal

silk thistle
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yea i would def look what team you will be on ^^

waxen birch
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id choose gh if team is alot better or c1 team is pure frontend

silk thistle
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Idk any teams on github really

potent basalt
waxen birch
silk thistle
potent basalt
potent basalt
waxen birch
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ye ik im saying renege like two weeks before

potent basalt
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Should I

waxen birch
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lowkey

potent basalt
silk thistle
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How many days left

potent basalt
silk thistle
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hmm

waxen birch
potent basalt
silk thistle
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U got 2 days to think tho so i would def sit on it

waxen birch
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i mean how likely r u to go c1-> gh, or gh->c1 in the first place

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blacklist doesnt really matter

silk thistle
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would github blacklist mean msft blacklist tho?

potent basalt
silk thistle
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i doubt but im not sure

waxen birch
potent basalt
silk thistle
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Yea if it was any other city id say gh but nyc is aura man

potent basalt
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Agreed lmaoooo

silk thistle
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ibm's is austin so i was pretty much like fuk dat

waxen birch
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c1 just alot more secure ngl

potent basalt
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Security but I do infra crud work

waxen birch
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i feel like c1 is the safest and gh has very marginial benefit

potent basalt
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Though copilot team not a guarantee ofc

waxen birch
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esp nyc office has cool teams i think

potent basalt
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Bett

waxen birch
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not sure actually dont quote

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only saw one guy

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1 data point lol

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r u junior or soph also

potent basalt
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Junior

waxen birch
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damn

potent basalt
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If I was soph I would rerecruit for intern and I wouldn't even consider c1

waxen birch
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c1 sounds rlly good then icl

potent basalt
sudden schooner
potent basalt
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Also for the record the two gh interns I talked to said they didn't get FAANG

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Even if I'm not good at lc?

sudden schooner
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nah i 1000% think gh has faang level resume potential no doubt imo

waxen birch
potent basalt
sudden schooner
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u need to proficient and be able to chug tagged

potent basalt
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I'd obv practice but yeah

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Biggest issue is anxiety disorder

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I rly want ro certainty

waxen birch
potent basalt
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Also I have giga contacts at Google

waxen birch
sudden schooner
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but i think gh still better

potent basalt
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It's just that RO is such a deal breaker for me

waxen birch
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both have great exits, one is more safe🤷‍♂️

potent basalt
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Fair enough

sudden schooner
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potent basalt
potent basalt
waxen birch
potent basalt
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though also my c1 internship is getting cut 2 weeks short

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because I'm late start

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quarter system be like

waxen birch
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eh first two weeks is js nothing serious iirc so doesn’t really matter

grand cipher
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bro can i dm u i literally just got the github offer and have the same dilemma

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f me

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not for swe tho for PM