Please help pick between the HP enterprise and Interactive Brokers ๐Ÿ™

Hello Blinders, Iโ€™m a grad student and am completing my degree this December. (I may be able to extend till May โ€˜24) I have summer internship offers from HPE, Fort Collins and Interactive Brokers, Greenwich. Both are software engineering roles though at HPE it will most probably be in Cloud dev or Backend Web dev and in Interactive Brokers it will be in backend C/C++ distributed systems. HPE is offering $40 an hr plus $3200 as relocation bonus. IB is offering $39 an hr and no relocation bonus. I also have offers from OMP Solutions (C++ dev, $28/hr) and Country Financial (Fullstack, $28/hr) In this economy, I want to prioritise the probability of getting a return offer for a full time SDE position after the internship. But from what Iโ€™ve heard Interactive Brokers offers 150k+ TC to freshers whereas HPEโ€™s is around 120k+ I want to know about the same in addition to work environment, TC, future salary growth as well as job scope of cloud/backend dev vs low level C/Cpp dev in HFTs Please help me with any information or your opinions! #intern #software #softwareengineersalary #tc #softwareadvice #career #tech #techcareer #compensation #salarycomparison #newgrad #newgradsalary #cloud #hft #hpecompensation #hpehiring #interactivebrokers #hpe #tradingtech #trading #hewlettpackardenterprise #hewlettpackard #softwaredevelopersalary #growth

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Citadel mmjp82 Apr 16, 2023

Anything with broker in their name

MathWorks 6urfsUp OP Apr 16, 2023

Why?

Citadel mmjp82 Apr 16, 2023

They pay good

Pure Storage RKTV18 Apr 16, 2023

HPE may be boring, IBKR is exposed to wide range of risk factors, e.g., Swiss currency exchange rate nearly broke them.

MathWorks 6urfsUp OP Apr 16, 2023

Oh dang โ€ฆ whyโ€™s HPE boring btw?

Pure Storage RKTV18 Apr 16, 2023

Dunno, it doesnโ€™t look like theyโ€™re innovating a lot, just riding on grandfathered enterprise accounts.

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oejrbfian Apr 17, 2023

HPE. You will learn more long term skills. A better stable career. Fort Collins is awesome and you will love Colorado.

HPE qFaj77 Apr 17, 2023

HPE, anecdotally 90% of the interns Iโ€™ve met have gotten an offer. Once you are in, you also have the flexibility to move teams and roles as you navigate your career.

HP anonyboo Apr 25, 2023

Take the one that gets you more money now. Switch companies in 2 years

HPE uhtredofbb May 3, 2023

At HPE I have seen almost all interns ending up getting full time offers .