Offers for both. New grad. Total comp is $145 first year at both not including relocation (extra $10k). Standard Amazon return Internship offer. Not spectacular but I don’t think I can do better. Know my team at Amazon doing ML prediction infrastructure in Alexa. Do not know my team at Bloomberg and will need to go through boot camp for 3 months (starting real work in early 2019). Bloomberg has better benefits and perks (about 1k short of max legal 401k contribution, free food, better health insurance, more cash in cheaper area). On call rotations in both (afaik), but better work culture in my team at Amazon because WFH is common and hours are shorter (10-5:30 vs 8-5:30). Amazon in Seattle, Bloomberg in Princeton NJ. I have other interviews but I’m going to fail them because I’m a moron (ayy lmao).
Amazon is a better company. But if it's in Seattle, Bloomberg is in a much better city assuming you're in your 20s.
Edited my post. Offer is in Princeton but I can switch pretty easily to other locations. I personally prefer the Princeton teams and perks to NYC.
8-5:30? What the hell?
9 hours is common for some reason. Still not sure why.
Go for Amazon. Better brand. Core tech company. AMZN stock performance is stellar and likely to grow. Greater opportunities to change teams / locations at AMZN. Plus the work life balance is better. It’s a no brainer
How much is Bloomberg’s base salary ?
131.5
How much is Amazon’s?
$145k in Seattle is approximately equivalent to $175k in NYC, that said NYC is a much better city for a young person (speaking from having lived in both Seattle and NYC).
Not in NYC. In New Jersey.
In your position I wouldn't go to Princeton. I'd be better off in Seattle (SLU or Capitol Hill)
I didn't read anything. Just voted Amazon because it's a good stamp on your passport that lets you travel to better companies in the future
Only reason foe BB is that it is in NYC
There’s Amazon, Google, Facebook, etc in NYC too. If OP has an offer for Amazon Seattle, they can transfer to NYC in about a year or even less.
I’m too dumb to get into those tho :( I’m personally not a huge fan of NYC, I liked Seattle more when I was there. Cleaner and more "calm".
Back in my Amazon days, a good buddy of mine left to work at Bloomberg. He was back at Amazon after a year or two. At Amazon, like at other tech companies, engineers are close to the top of the chain of respectability. At Bloomberg, it apparently felt like you're a second class citizen. All the investor types get the respect, and engineers are considered lower on the echelon. That might have changed, since this is from many years ago. That said, if you really love the financial space and want to learn a lot, then go for it. But since you care more about general prestige, I'd say you have better chances of enjoying yourself at Amazon.
Honestly I never felt second class at BB (albeit as an intern among other engineers). Maybe that’s because we felt superior to the Data Analysts. My primary pull is because of the money, which is hard to beat in cash. I otherwise have zero interest in finance to be honest.
Ah right, you're new coming in from college. I don't expect most new grads to have figured out what area they'd love to go deeper in, so the best advice for you is really to find a place where: 1) You'll be exposed to higher scale software than at the average startup 2) You'll be working with really smart people 3) There's variety in the type of problem spaces you have access to. Any of the FANG companies will meet that. I don't know enough about BB, but fintech also sees really really high scale. FANG has the advantage that there are various programs designed to help boost your career (mentorships, tech talks, etc.) So with any of those companies, you really can't go wrong at the start of your career.
Not spectacular. Spoiled piece of shit.
Can’t be spoiled if I can’t do better :) Pretty sure the standard offer at Microsoft is higher. If only they’d tell me how my first round went...
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Do you want to work at a real tech company?
Honestly, I had really good experiences with the tech culture at both. Bloomberg was founded as a tech company and is really trying to get talent - which is why the base cash comp is so high.
OK. Let me rephrase. Do you really want to work for dinosaurs? 🦕 🦖