Facebook vs Hudson River Trading

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Oct 28 25 Comments

Im lucky enough to have offers for a SWE internship at both. I want to work distributed systems in the future. Pay is not a priority but HRT is offering much higher.

Which do you think would be a better learning experience/ would look better on a resume?

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  • Snapchat 🐨 koala
    HRT! It's much more selective than FB and talent level is much higher.
    Oct 28 10
    • Citadel Securities / Eng bluetiger
      Also he can easily get a full-time offer from F/G if he doesn’t like HRT - other way around is not at all true
      Oct 28
    • Microsoft RTFe30
      I completely agree that this person can get a fb offer.. but Facebook is difficult to get your foot in the door.. they have many layers before approval.. they get many orders of magnitude more applications than HRT gets.. and OP did mention he wants distributed systems experience.. not sure what's more distributed than FB
      Oct 28
    • Citadel Securities / Eng bluetiger
      The point is this person can just get an offer at FB or G whenever they want if they decide to. It’s not the same with HRT so they should take the internship
      Oct 28
    • Apple s432
      Microsoft, you brought up the point of selectivity. You’re deviating from that argument
      Oct 28
    • Jump Trading / Eng
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       Jtradingmore
      Lol fb interviews were way easier for me than HRT (passed both so I went through all steps lol). HRT tests far more than leet code
      Oct 28
  • Splunk rtyu88
    Share tc details
    Oct 28 2
    • Jump Trading / Eng
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       Jtradingmore
      HRT is 13k/mo this summer :P
      Oct 28
    • Splunk rtyu88
      Go to HRT. Good luck.
      Oct 28
  • Facebook FrdV78
    I think FB's main strength here is its brand name, and the fact that it will be recognised wider than HRT (and they'd probably still get interviews wherever they want)
    However, any company that doesn't recognise HRT is probably not a company you want to work for anyways.
    Like other have said, HRT is more selective and prestigious to those who know of both companies, so this seems like a no-brainer
    Oct 28 1
    • Microsoft iuYF20
      But recruiters can't right..
      Oct 29
  • Apple s432
    Tech recruiters will know HRT. It’s a lot more prestigious and rare
    Oct 28 0
  • Jump Trading / Eng
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     Jtradingmore
    HRT summer internship was just started last year and was tremendously successful. Amazing projects in prod with great learning experiences. Highly recommend it over fb, which is a very variable experience. You will certainly learn distributed systems at hrt and systems development far greater in depth.
    Oct 28 0
  • HRT on your resume really shines. There are thousands of new grads with fb on their resume
    Oct 28 0
  • Citadel Securities / Eng bluetiger
    Curious what HRT pay is for interns
    Oct 28 1
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       Jtradingmore
      Check what I posted above :)
      Oct 28
  • Lyft ahsvss
    HRT would be nice, plus 13k is legit for an intern
    Oct 28 0
  • Microsoft panamap
    HRT obviously- I know a few great engineers who didn’t get in there - don’t know about culture though
    Oct 28 0
  • Facebook $$$Talks
    HRT, pay progression (assuming you care to come back for full-time) at FB is garbage unless you get lucky
    Oct 29 0
  • Facebook / Eng GxrR33
    HRT. Go for it. Good luck!
    Nov 5 0

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