Hi, I have a friend who are considering internship offers, and he got Apple and TikTok, but not sure what to choose. He has a previous intern as an iOS SWE. Both managers says that he can get the return offer. He wanna go to Facebook and Google in the future, so he wants to know which internship will be much more useful. Apple: pros: Brandname, trillian dollars company, relative better wlb compared with tt cons: may still focus on iOS, and also big company so slow growth? TikTok: pros: Technical skill focuses on backend. Hard work may grow faster. cons: The company's situation in US is unstable and hard to say.
Idk why this is a question. The answer is pretty obvious. Unless you’re Chinese or speak mandarin avoid TikTok.
One of greatest companies in humanity’s history or Chinese spyware app.. hmmmm 🤔
Let’s not get too dramatic here
Apple why is this even a question?
Choose Apple, but tell your friend to apply for new grad offers elsewhere. A lot of people like to simp for Apple on this app but I assure you the IBMification of this company is well underway. I just learned that Apple cut housing corporate housing out for certain intern teams. This company acts so cheaply it boggles the mind, simple things that would be expensed at other FAANGs or even non-tech companies are billed to the employee here. Apple even makes you pay for the on-site gym… as an employee. What? Coupled with the low overall TC, middle managers who have no idea what the fuck theyre doing half the time, and endless bureaucracy and red tape to get even the simplest of things approved (My buddy had to wait an entire MONTH to get proper login credentials…. lmfao) So yeah. Take apple, then get the fuck out as soon as you can.
Apple will work you hard, don’t worry about that.