I’m currently a junior in university, and debating between accepting an offer with IBM or Goldman Sachs. Details: Goldman Sachs (NYC) Pay: $55 an hour housing + relo included Team: risk team, i dont know too much about finance but it seems to be middle office if that matters IBM (Bay Area) Pay: $50 an hour no housing included but doesn’t matter Team: The team is under the Watsonx.ai umbrella, and from conversations I gather they are working on developing and incorporating generative AI and things into their enterprise platforms, Which should I choose? Im prioritizing for recruiting for new grad next year for faang level companies, but it would be nice to get a RO for stability as backup. I know GS has a strong RO pipeline- not sure about IBM. Also for what its worth, I’m from the bay and would like to intern in nyc but thats a lower priority. Please give me advice #swe #software #engineering #tech #internship #ibm #goldmansachs #faang #google #meta #amazon #netflix #microsoft #tech
I worked 6 months at IBM after an acquisition it was HORRIBLE. the tech, the bureaucracy, the offices, everything. Left asap to Amazon. So I'd say anything but IBM. In your particular case GS also has a much more prestigious name in general as well.
I think you answered your own question, it’s GS (NY will be more fun for summer intern than Bay Area)
IBM bro trust. Do you wanna work with AI or legacy systems for banks? At the end of the day IBM’s bigger customers are banks lol. Also if you ask I’m sure you can intern in NYC instead. Mostly everyone is over there
Risk team isn’t good, it is a lot of legacy tech stack and you will work on brain-dead projects. Project matters more than brand, I’d definitely choose GenAI work at IBM over brain-dead legacy work at Goldman.
IBM is a sleepy tech compared to FAANG but at least a few of the folks might have some decent intelligence and anything AI is good on resume . Risk Engg definitely stay away.
Yep. One intern in our org declined Goldman RO and went for IBM last year
AI could be a hype, but risk management is much more realistic analysis that market is looking for. Your IT can shine in extract data and analyse risks.
No, risk management tech is from 20 years ago and it is back office in banks
avoid banks bro, IBM has cloud stuff, very useful skills