Hi Blind, I am choosing between Nuro (Mountain View, CA) and Microsoft (Redmond, WA) for a SWE internship. I am only interested in how this will affect my future career opportunities at other companies. This will not be my final internship prior to new grad (but I am not guaranteed to get either company again). TC is 0 (I'm in my undergrad). #swe
Largely depends on what you’ll be working on. If you can’t ask or they can’t say, with Nuro I think you have a better chance of working on something meaningful
MSFT because you'll have name recognition(more than Nuro rn) and it's safer just in case. You can always get something better with MSFT on resume. Unless you dream of working in the AV space, Nuro isn't anything special.
If there's a place that looks at a Microsoft name and assumes that means the person is better than a Nuro employee, it's best to run because they're run by 19 year old college students.
Cool story, not how it works tho
Nuro will provide cooler opportunities to work on. Would you rather work on self driving tech or potentially get placed on fucking Sharepoint?
So you think everyone wotking at MSFT are placed to work on sharepoint?
Do you think the other Microsoft products are any more exciting? One Drive, Outlook, are monoliths that aren’t worth risking being placed in.
Nuro
What’s internship pay at MSFT?
Last summer nuro was 11k + 2.5k housing per month, with 3k performance bonus, msft I remember was 7.5K with corp housing
Are you interested in the work at one over the other? Obviously I’m biased but mfst has more name recognition. If you love what nuro does though, choose them. Life is too short.
In this recession hit economy, brand name matters
@Nutanix, mind referring? Also, what BMW do you own?
DM
What the heck is Nuro?
I have never heard about some nuro, so I’m voting for msft
Nuro sounds awesome. If it doesn't work out, the likes of Microsoft or similar non-top paying big tech will always be there as a safety net. Why join a safety net at the start of your career?
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