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15 years age difference, need advice! 🙏
I'm a recent college grad who currently has two offers on the table: quality engineer at ServiceNow and SWE at a no-name company. I'm having a hard time deciding which offer I should take. Just for context, I'm a non-CS major, but my ultimate goal is to be a SWE. ServiceNow * Title: Associate Software QA Engineer * Total comp * $91.8k base * $5k sign-on bonus * $6k relocation assist * $57.5 stocks/rsu vested over 4 years * Hybrid in San Diego No-Name Company * Title: Software Developer Associate * Total comp * $63k base * Remote I'm just so torn rn. The quality engineer role is just writing tests, maintaining existing testing frameworks, and testing using Selenium. I've seen a lot of Reddit posts of people saying to avoid QA work. I already don't have a CS degree, so I feel like gaining industry experience in roles that are purely SWE focused would benefit me the most, which makes me think I should take the offer from the no-name company, but the pay is insultingly low. Lmk your thoughts.
SWE at no name. QA is not good unless you want to get into QA. The bar is also much lower for QA, so you can always find another position. Stay at the no name for 1 year or even less and job hop for twice your salary. Just make sure you LeetCode
Brand doesn’t matter if the work is of no choice of ur interest. Get into the no name company, prepare well, interview more, get into your dream org. Period.
Solid advice from all the folks ^ Same advice from me. Don’t take the QA job. Go for SWE. Keep preparing for SWE interviews as you work in the no name company
SWE, work very hard and in 1 year find me job
Sdet here. Take swe and work hard. More money long term
Yeah agree with above advices. I am engineering manager at SNOW and my advice is not to take up QE role. SNOW is great company, benefits, WLb, stock price will improve. So your TC has potential upside. But since you’re not from CS background you would not learn anything useful and will rob you off potential very high TC. Like others said join no-name and keep interviewing.
Tough but I would go swe and keep interviewing